Brick Cap

Hypholoma sublateritium

Summary 7

Hypholoma sublateritium, sometimes called Brick Cap, is rarer and less well-known than its relatives, the inedible, and poisonous Sulfur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare) and the edible Hypholoma capnoides. Its fruiting bodies are generally larger than either of these.

Associations 8

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Hypholoma lateritium is saprobic on dead, decayed, subterranean root of Broadleaved trees

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Hypholoma lateritium is saprobic on old, dead, decayed stump (large) of Quercus
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Hypholoma lateritium is saprobic on dead, decayed wood of Pinopsida
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Hypholoma lateritium is saprobic on dead, decayed wood of Picea
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Hypholoma lateritium is saprobic on dead, decayed wood of Pseudotsuga menziesii
Other: minor host/prey

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Ivo Antušek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/9619.jpg
  2. (c) Valter Jacinto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://s.yimg.com/pw/images/en-us/photo_unavailable_l.png
  3. (c) Eva Skific, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/467233.jpg
  4. (c) walt sturgeon, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/467701.jpg
  5. (c) walt sturgeon, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/467702.jpg
  6. (c) walt sturgeon, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/467703.jpg
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypholoma_sublateritium
  8. (c) BioImages, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22910035

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