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Brick Cap Mushroom This is a picture of Brick Cap Mushrooms at Greenbelt Park in Greenbelt, Maryland. Brick cap,Fall,Geotagged,Hypholoma lateritium,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Brick Cap Mushroom

This is a picture of Brick Cap Mushrooms at Greenbelt Park in Greenbelt, Maryland.

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"Hypholoma lateritium", sometimes called brick cap, is rarer and less well-known than its relatives, the inedible, and poisonous sulfur tuft and the edible "Hypholoma capnoides". Its fruiting bodies are generally larger than either of these. "Hypholoma sublateritium" is a synonym.

Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Matthew Beziat
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By Matthew Beziat

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Uploaded Jan 13, 2026. Captured Oct 25, 2025 13:05 in X3PX+WQ Greenbelt, MD, USA.
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