Gold Tooth vs Cibeta de Madagascar

Hydnellum auratile compared with Fossa fossana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Cibeta de Madagascar
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Bankeraceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Fossa
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Fossa fossana

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Cibeta de Madagascar

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Cibeta de Madagascar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gold 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.