Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Chinese White-toothed Shrew

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Crocidura rapax

Key Differences

• Candy Apple Waxy Cap is Not Evaluated while Chinese White-toothed Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Chinese White-toothed Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Soricidae
Genus	Hygrocybe	Crocidura
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Crocidura rapax

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Chinese White-toothed Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Chinese White-toothed Shrew
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.

Chinese White-toothed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.

Chinese White-toothed Shrew

The Chinese White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura rapax) is a species in the genus Crocidura. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.