Candy Cap vs Pacific Flying Fox

Lactarius rubidus compared with Pteropus tonganus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candy Cap	Pacific Flying Fox
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)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Russulaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Lactarius	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Lactarius rubidus	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Candy Cap

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candy Cap	Pacific Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Candy Cap

Habitat

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

Pacific Flying Fox

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.