Crowned Tooth vs Tushkanchik-prygun

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Allactaga sibirica

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Tushkanchik-prygun is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Tushkanchik-prygun
Kingdom	Fungi (грибы)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (базидиомицеты)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Agaricomycetes (агарикомицеты)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (грызуны)
Family	Bankeraceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Allactaga
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Allactaga sibirica

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Tushkanchik-prygun

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Tushkanchik-prygun
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.