Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Mountain Coati

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Nasua olivacea

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Mountain Coati is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Mountain Coati
Kingdom	Fungi (真菌界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (担子菌门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Agaricomycetes (傘菌綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Thelephorales (革菌目)	Carnivora (食肉目)
Family	Bankeraceae	Procyonidae (Raccoons)
Genus	Hydnellum	Nasua
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Nasua olivacea

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Coati

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Mountain Coati
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

Mountain Coati

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.