Brick Cap vs Lang's Red Colobus

Hypholoma lateritium compared with Piliocolobus langi

Key Differences

• Brick Cap is Least Concern while Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brick Cap	Lang's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Strophariaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Hypholoma	Piliocolobus
Species	Hypholoma lateritium	Piliocolobus langi

Conservation Status

Brick Cap

LC — Least Concern

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brick Cap	Lang's Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brick Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States).

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brick Cap

The Brick Cap (Hypholoma lateritium) is a species in the genus Hypholoma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.