Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Blue Globe Thistle

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Echinops bannaticus

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Blue Globe Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Blue Globe Thistle
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Bankeraceae	Tenrecidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Echinops
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Echinops bannaticus

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Blue Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Blue Globe Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

Blue Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).

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.

Blue Globe Thistle

The Blue Globe Thistle (Echinops bannaticus) is a species in the genus Echinops. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.