Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Cerf de Timor

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Rusa timorensis

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Cerf de Timor is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Cerf de Timor
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Hydnellum	Rusa
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Rusa timorensis

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Cerf de Timor

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Cerf de Timor
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

Cerf de Timor

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.

Bleeding Blue Tooth

The Bleeding Blue Tooth (Hydnellum cyanopodium) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.