Brick Cap vs Mexican Long-tongued Bat

Hypholoma lateritium compared with Choeronycteris mexicana

Key Differences

• Brick Cap is Least Concern while Mexican Long-tongued Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brick Cap	Mexican Long-tongued Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Strophariaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hypholoma	Choeronycteris
Species	Hypholoma lateritium	Choeronycteris mexicana

Conservation Status

Brick Cap

LC — Least Concern

Mexican Long-tongued Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brick Cap	Mexican Long-tongued Bat
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).

Mexican Long-tongued Bat

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.