Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Greater Chinese Mole

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Euroscaptor grandis

Key Differences

• Candy Apple Waxy Cap is Not Evaluated while Greater Chinese Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Greater Chinese Mole
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Talpidae
Genus	Hygrocybe	Euroscaptor
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Euroscaptor grandis

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Chinese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Greater Chinese Mole
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.

Greater Chinese Mole

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.