Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Mystacina tuberculata

Key Differences

• Candy Apple Waxy Cap is Not Evaluated while Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Lesser New Zealand 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	Mystacinidae
Genus	Hygrocybe	Mystacina
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Mystacina tuberculata

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Lesser New Zealand 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.

Lesser New Zealand 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.