Skullcap

Skullcap or skull cap usually refers to various types of headgear. Specifically it may refer to:

Headwear

• Beanie (seamed cap)
• Biretta, forming part of some clerical, academic or legal dress
• Calotte (Belgium), a skullcap worn by students at Catholic universities in Belgium
• Capeline, worn under civilian hats during early modern periods
• Cervelliere, a medieval metal helmet
• Jeep cap
• Kippah or yarmulke, worn by Jewish men
• Kufi, worn primarily by men of West African heritage
• Scrum cap, worn by rugby players
• Sindhi cap worn by Sindhi people of Pakistan, and others
• Scrubs (clothing)#Scrub caps, worn by healthcare professionals while performing procedures
• Taqiyah (cap), worn by some Muslim men
• Tubeteika, a Central Asian cap
• Tuque, a knit hat
• Zucchetto, worn by Catholic clergy

Plants

• Galerina marginata, a poisonous mushroom also known as "deadly skullcap" or "autumn skullcap"
• Scutellaria, a genus of flowering plants also known as "skullcaps"
  • Scutellaria baicalensis ("Baikal skullcap", "Chinese skullcap"), an herb native to eastern Asia
  • Scutellaria lateriflora ("blue skullcap", "American skullcap", "mad dog skullcap", "side-flowering skullcap"), a perennial herb native to North America

See also

• Calvaria (skull), the top part of the skull