Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Long-nosed Echymipera

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Echymipera rufescens

Key Differences

• Candy Apple Waxy Cap is Not Evaluated while Long-nosed Echymipera is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Long-nosed Echymipera
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Peramelidae
Genus	Hygrocybe	Echymipera
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Echymipera rufescens

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-nosed Echymipera

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Long-nosed Echymipera
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.

Long-nosed Echymipera

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.