Hypholoma australe, "Brick Cap", has the same appearance as Hypholoma sublateritium, a Northern Hemisphere species, also found in Australia; they are distinguishable only microscopically. It is a wood-rotting fungus found on stumps, logs and buried wood, usually in clumps (i.e. caespitose). Cap brick red, to 55 mm or more, with white fibrillose scales towards the margin when young. Gills are yellowish green, darkening with age; spore print purple brown. Stem very fibrillose-scaly, with zones of gold and browns. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2008.