Candy Cap vs Long-tailed dunnart

Lactarius rubidus compared with Sminthopsis longicaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Cap	Long-tailed dunnart
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	Russulales (ベニタケ目)	Dasyuromorphia (フクロネコ目)
Family	Russulaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Lactarius	Sminthopsis
Species	Lactarius rubidus	Sminthopsis longicaudata

Conservation Status

Candy Cap

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Cap	Long-tailed dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Candy Cap

Habitat

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

Long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Candy Cap

The Candy Cap (Lactarius rubidus) is a species in the genus Lactarius. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.