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Brick Cap

Hypholoma lateritium

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 510, February 377, March 590, April 928, May 1,339, June 1,460, July 1,562, August 1,343, September 986, October 736, November 402, December 314.
United States13,655
Alaska10,548
Pennsylvania966
Canada688
Russia625
New York481
Ontario373
Germany253
Ohio251
New Hampshire250

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Toxic to humansListed as toxic or not suitable as food for humans by a harvested source.FungiTastic metadata

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyStrophariaceae
GenusHypholoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Brick Cap with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.