Graceful Tooth vs Greater Sac-winged Bat

Hydnellum gracilipes compared with Saccopteryx bilineata

Key Differences

Graceful Tooth is Vulnerable while Greater Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Graceful Tooth	Greater Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Saccopteryx
Species	Hydnellum gracilipes	Saccopteryx bilineata

Conservation Status

Graceful Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Greater Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Graceful Tooth	Greater Sac-winged Bat
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.