Mealy Tooth vs Painted Woolly Bat

Hydnellum ferrugineum compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Mealy Tooth is Vulnerable while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Tooth	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Kerivoula
Species	Hydnellum ferrugineum	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Mealy Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Tooth	Painted Woolly Bat
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.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.