Bitter Tooth vs Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Aproteles bulmerae

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Bulmer's Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Kelelawar)
Family	Bankeraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Aproteles
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Aproteles bulmerae

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Bulmer's Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Tooth

The Bitter Tooth (Hydnellum scabrosum) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

The Bulmer's Fruit Bat (Aproteles bulmerae) is a species in the genus Aproteles. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.