Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Long-tailed Chinchilla

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Chinchilla lanigera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Long-tailed Chinchilla
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Chinchillidae
Genus	Hygrocybe	Chinchilla
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Chinchilla lanigera

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Chinchilla

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Long-tailed Chinchilla
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-tailed Chinchilla

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, and Ecuador.

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.