Butter Waxcap vs Delacour's langur

Hygrocybe ceracea compared with Trachypithecus delacouri

Key Differences

• Butter Waxcap is Least Concern while Delacour's langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Butter Waxcap	Delacour's langur
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Hygrocybe	Trachypithecus
Species	Hygrocybe ceracea	Trachypithecus delacouri

Conservation Status

Butter Waxcap

LC — Least Concern

Delacour's langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Butter Waxcap	Delacour's langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Butter Waxcap

Habitat

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

Range

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

Delacour's langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Butter Waxcap

The Butter Waxcap (Hygrocybe ceracea) is a species in the genus Hygrocybe. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.