Bitter Tooth vs Sambar de Java

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Rusa timorensis

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Sambar de Java is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Sambar de Java
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Artiodactyla (artiodáctilos)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Hydnellum	Rusa
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Rusa timorensis

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Sambar de Java

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Sambar de Java
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Sambar de Java

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

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

Bitter Tooth

The Bitter Tooth (Hydnellum scabrosum) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway