Olive Wax Cap vs Painted Woolly Bat

Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Olive Wax Cap is Least Concern while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Olive Wax Cap	Painted Woolly 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	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Hygrophorus	Kerivoula
Species	Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Olive Wax Cap

LC — Least Concern

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Olive Wax Cap	Painted Woolly Bat
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.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.