Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Gray Short-tailed Bat

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Carollia subrufa

Key Differences

• Candy Apple Waxy Cap is Not Evaluated while Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hygrocybe	Carollia
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Carollia subrufa

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Gray Short-tailed Bat
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.

Gray Short-tailed Bat

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.