Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Little Red Flying Fox

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Key Differences

• Candy Apple Waxy Cap is Not Evaluated while Little Red Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Little Red Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hygrocybe	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Pteropus scapulatus

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Little Red Flying Fox
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.

Little Red Flying Fox

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.