Skullcap or skull cap usually refers to various types of

headgear Headgear, headwear, or headdress is any element of clothing which is worn on one's Human head, head, including hats, helmets, turbans and many other types. Headgear is worn for many purposes, including protective clothing, protection against t ...

. Specifically it may refer to:

Headwear

* Arakhchin, traditionally worn by men and women of the South Caucasus *

Beanie (seamed cap) In New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere, a beanie is a head-hugging brimless cap, sometimes made from triangular panels of material joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides. Beanies may be ...

Biretta The biretta () is a square cap with three or four peaks or horns, sometimes surmounted by a tuft. Traditionally the three-peaked biretta is worn by Christian clergy, especially Catholic Church hierarchy, Roman Catholic clergy, as well as some ...

, forming part of some clerical, academic or legal dress *

Calotte (Belgium) The calotte (plural calottes, French language, French from Provençal dialect, Provençal ''calota'' or Italian language, Italian ) is a Headgear, skullcap worn by students at Catholic universities in Belgium. It originates from the skullcap worn b ...

, a skullcap worn by students at Catholic universities in Belgium * Capeline, worn under civilian hats during early modern periods *

Cervelliere A cervelliere (cervelière, cervelliera; , , '', '') is a hemispherical, close-fitting skull cap of steel or iron. It was worn as a helmet during the medieval period and a version known as a ''secret'' was worn under felt hats during the Wars ...

, a medieval metal helmet *

Jeep cap The jeep cap, sometimes referred to as the jeep hat, originally the US Army issued Cap, Wool, Knit, M1941 is a knit cap with a short visor made mostly from knitted yarn, originally wool, but now typically acrylic. Also sometimes referred to as a ...

Kerchief A kerchief (from the Old French ''couvre-chef'', "cover head"), also known as a bandana or bandanna, is a triangular or square piece of cloth tied around the Human head, head, face, or neck for protective or decorative purposes. The popularity of ...

durag A durag ( alternate spellings) is a close-fitting cloth tied around the top of the head to protect the hair; similarly a wave cap is a close-fitting cap for the same purpose. Durags may be worn to accelerate the development of long curly/kinky ...

, as stereotypically worn by pirates and often featuring actual skull print *

Kippah A (plural: ''kippot''), , or is a brimless Jewish cap, skullcap, usually made of cloth, traditionally worn by Jewish men to fulfill the customary requirement that the Head covering, head be covered. It is the most common type of head-coverin ...

or yarmulke, worn by Jewish men *

Kufi A kufi or kufi cap is a brimless, short, and rounded cap worn by men in many populations in North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. It is also worn by men throughout the African diaspora. The cap has strong ass ...

, worn primarily by men of West African heritage * Scrub cap, worn by healthcare professionals while performing procedures *

Scrum cap The scrum cap is a form of headgear used by Rugby football, rugby players to protect the ears in the scrum (rugby), scrum, which can otherwise suffer injuries leading to the condition commonly known as cauliflower ears. Although originally design ...

, worn by rugby players *

Sindhi cap The Sindhi cap, locally called Sindhī ṭopī () is a skullcap worn predominantly by Sindhis in Sindh, Pakistan. Together with Ajrak, the Sindhi cap is regarded as an essential part of Sindhi culture. History The Sindhi cap originated during t ...

worn by Sindhi people of Pakistan, and others *

Songkok The songkok ( Jawi: ) or peci or kopiah ( Pegon: ) is a cap widely worn in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the southern Philippines, and southern Thailand, most commonly among Muslim males. It has the shape of a truncated cone, usuall ...

Taqiyah (cap) The Taqiyah (, ALA-LC: ''ṭāqīyah''Turkish language, Turkish: "takke", Urdu, Hindi "topi", , ALA-LC: "ṭopī", , ''ṭupi'', Somali language, Somali: "Koofi")), also known as tagiyah or araqchin (; ), is a short, rounded Wiktionary:skull ...

, worn by some Muslim men *

Tubeteika A ''tubeteika'' (, in Northern Tajikistan, / , , , ; rus, тюбете́йка, links=1, tyubeteika, tʲʉbʲɪˈtʲeɪ̯kə, LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Tohaomg-тюбетейка.wav) is a Russian word for many varieties of traditional Central Asian cap ...

, a Central Asian cap *

Tuque A knit cap, colloquially known as a beanie, is a piece of knitted headwear designed to provide warmth in cold weather. It usually has a simple tapered shape, although more elaborate variants exist. Historically made of wool, it is now often mad ...

, a knit hat *

Zucchetto The zucchetto (, also ,"zucchetto"
(US) and ,< ...

, worn by Catholic clergy

Plants and fungi

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Galerina marginata ''Galerina marginata'', known colloquially as funeral bell, deadly skullcap, autumn skullcap or deadly galerina, is a species of extremely poisonous mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae of the order Agaricales. Before 2001, th ...

'', a highly toxic mushroom also known as "deadly skullcap" or "autumn skullcap" * ''

Scutellaria ''Scutellaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. They are known commonly as skullcaps. The generic name is derived from the Latin ''scutella'', meaning "a small dish, tray or platter",Scutellaria baicalensis ''Scutellaria baicalensis'', with the common name Baikal skullcap or Chinese skullcap, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. Distribution The plant is native to China, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia in the Russian Far East and Si ...

'' ("Baikal skullcap", "Chinese skullcap"), an herb native to eastern Asia ** ''

Scutellaria lateriflora ''Scutellaria lateriflora'', (commonly "blue skullcap", "mad dog skullcap",