Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Kinda Baboon

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Papio kindae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Kinda Baboon
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Hygrocybe	Papio
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Papio kindae

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Kinda Baboon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Kinda Baboon
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.

Kinda Baboon

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.