Devil's Tooth vs Frutero Escamado

Hydnellum peckii compared with Ampelioides tschudii

Key Differences

Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Frutero Escamado is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Frutero Escamado
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Passeriformes (paseriformes)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cotingidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Ampelioides
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Ampelioides tschudii

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Frutero Escamado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Frutero Escamado
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

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

Frutero Escamado

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

El frutero escamado (Ampelioides tschudii) esta clasificado como Preocupacion Menor (LC) en la Lista Roja de la UICN. Es una especie ampliamente distribuida y abundante en su area de distribucion, con poblaciones estables y sin problemas de conservacion inmediatos.