Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Mountain Waxcap

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Mountain Waxcap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Calomyscidae	Hygrophoraceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Hygrocybe
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Waxcap

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Mountain Waxcap
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Waxcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.