Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Pacific Spiny-rat

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Proechimys decumanus

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Pacific Spiny-rat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Pacific Spiny-rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Bankeraceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Proechimys
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Proechimys decumanus

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Spiny-rat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Pacific Spiny-rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

Pacific Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.