Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Blarina hylophaga

Key Differences

• Candy Apple Waxy Cap is Not Evaluated while Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Elliot's Short-tailed 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	Blarina
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Blarina hylophaga

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Elliot's Short-tailed 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.

Elliot's Short-tailed 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.