Date Waxcap vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Hygrocybe spadicea compared with Artibeus lituratus

Key Differences

• Date Waxcap is Endangered while Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Date Waxcap	Great Fruit-eating 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	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hygrocybe	Artibeus
Species	Hygrocybe spadicea	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

Date Waxcap

EN — Endangered

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Date Waxcap	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Date Waxcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.