Bitter Tooth vs Black Bent

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Agrostis gigantea

Key Differences

Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Black Bent is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Black Bent
Kingdom	Fungi (菌界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)	Liliopsida (単子葉植物綱)
Order	Thelephorales (イボタケ目)	Poales (イネ目)
Family	Bankeraceae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Hydnellum	Agrostis
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Agrostis gigantea

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Black Bent

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Black Bent
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.

Black Bent

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

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.

Black Bent

The Black Bent (Agrostis gigantea) is a species in the genus Agrostis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.