Olive Wax Cap vs Ornate Shrew

Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Olive Wax Cap	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Soricidae
Genus	Hygrophorus	Sorex
Species	Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Olive Wax Cap

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Olive Wax Cap	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Olive Wax Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.