Dingy Waxcap vs Oriental House Rat

Hygrocybe ingrata compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Dingy Waxcap is Vulnerable while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dingy Waxcap	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hygrocybe	Rattus
Species	Hygrocybe ingrata	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Dingy Waxcap

VU — Vulnerable

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dingy Waxcap	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dingy Waxcap

Habitat

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

Range

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

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).