Mealy Tooth vs Oustalet's Red Colobus

Hydnellum ferrugineum compared with Piliocolobus oustaleti

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Tooth	Oustalet's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Hydnellum	Piliocolobus
Species	Hydnellum ferrugineum	Piliocolobus oustaleti

Conservation Status

Mealy Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Tooth	Oustalet's Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mealy Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

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