Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Little Tube-nosed Bat

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Murina aurata

Key Differences

• Candy Apple Waxy Cap is Not Evaluated while Little Tube-nosed Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Little Tube-nosed 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	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Hygrocybe	Murina
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Murina aurata

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Tube-nosed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Little Tube-nosed 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.

Little Tube-nosed 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.