also: くりたけ
noun
brick cap; chestnut mushroom
A type of mushroom, Hypholoma lateritium. The name is usually written in katakana as クリタケ.
クリタケは秋に広葉樹の切り株などに生えるキノコです。
The brick cap is a mushroom that grows on hardwood stumps in autumn.
The name likely derives from 栗 (chestnut) and 茸 (mushroom), referring to its chestnut-like color, but the exact origin is uncertain.