Gold Tooth vs Guará

Hydnellum auratile compared with Chrysocyon brachyurus

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Guará is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold 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 auratile	Chrysocyon brachyurus

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Guará

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Guará
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gold 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.

Guará

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.