Brick Cap vs Pink fairy armadillo

Hypholoma lateritium compared with Chlamyphorus truncatus

Key Differences

• Brick Cap is Least Concern while Pink fairy armadillo is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brick Cap	Pink fairy armadillo
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Cingulata (Cingulata)
Family	Strophariaceae	Dasypodidae
Genus	Hypholoma	Chlamyphorus
Species	Hypholoma lateritium	Chlamyphorus truncatus

Conservation Status

Brick Cap

LC — Least Concern

Pink fairy armadillo

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brick Cap	Pink fairy armadillo
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).

Pink fairy armadillo

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.