Graceful Tooth vs Great Flying Fox

Hydnellum gracilipes compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Graceful Tooth is Vulnerable while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Graceful Tooth	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Hydnellum gracilipes	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Graceful Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Graceful Tooth	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Graceful Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.