Devil's Tooth vs Guará

Hydnellum peckii compared with Chrysocyon brachyurus

Key Differences

• Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Guará is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Guará
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Bankeraceae	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus	Hydnellum	Chrysocyon
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Chrysocyon brachyurus

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Guará

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Guará
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Guará

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.