Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs chainfruit

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Alyxia ilicifolia

Key Differences

• Candy Apple Waxy Cap is Not Evaluated while chainfruit is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	chainfruit
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Hygrocybe	Alyxia
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Alyxia ilicifolia

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	chainfruit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

The Candy Apple Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe cuspidata) is a species in the genus Hygrocybe. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.