Crowned Tooth vs Mound-building Mouse

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Mus spicilegus

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Mound-building Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (균계)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (담자균류)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Agaricomycetes (주름버섯강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Thelephorales (사마귀버섯목)	Rodentia (설치류)
Family	Bankeraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Mound-building Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crowned 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.

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.