Bed-jacket vs Mealy Tooth

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Hydnellum ferrugineum

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Mealy Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Mealy Tooth
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Alectryon	Hydnellum
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Hydnellum ferrugineum

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Mealy Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Mealy Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Mealy Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

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

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.