Candy Apple Waxy Cap vs Mound-building Mouse

Hygrocybe cuspidata compared with Mus spicilegus

Key Differences

• Candy Apple Waxy Cap is Not Evaluated while Mound-building Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (菌界)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Agaricales (ハラタケ目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hygrocybe	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Hygrocybe cuspidata	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Apple Waxy Cap	Mound-building Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

The Candy Apple Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe cuspidata) is a species in the genus Hygrocybe. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.