Crowned Tooth vs Heaviside-Delfin

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Heaviside-Delfin is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Heaviside-Delfin
Kingdom	Fungi (Pilze)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Ständerpilze)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Bankeraceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Hydnellum	Cephalorhynchus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Heaviside-Delfin

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Heaviside-Delfin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crowned 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.

Heaviside-Delfin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.