Gold Tooth vs Scaled Fruiteater

Hydnellum auratile compared with Ampelioides tschudii

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Scaled Fruiteater is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Scaled Fruiteater
Kingdom	Fungi (mantar)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Bazitli mantarlar)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Aves (kuş)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Passeriformes (Ötücü kuşlar)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cotingidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Ampelioides
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Ampelioides tschudii

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Scaled Fruiteater

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Scaled Fruiteater
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.

Scaled Fruiteater

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Scaled Fruiteater

Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway