Crowned Tooth vs Huapo

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Pithecia monachus

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Huapo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Huapo
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Pithecia
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Pithecia monachus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Huapo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Huapo
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.

Huapo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.