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Brick Caps Pink caps with pale margins. White/gray gills with brown spores visible. They were 8-10cm tall. They were growing in a tight cluster under leaf litter – out from underneath rotting wood. I also spotted some growing at the base of an oak tree. Brick Cap,Brick cap,Fall,Geotagged,Hypholoma lateritium,United States,fungi,mushrooms Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Brick Caps

Pink caps with pale margins. White/gray gills with brown spores visible. They were 8-10cm tall. They were growing in a tight cluster under leaf litter – out from underneath rotting wood. I also spotted some growing at the base of an oak tree.

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The Brick cap

"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.

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Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jan 30, 2018. Captured Dec 3, 2017 14:18 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.

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