Tulostoma brumale Pers.
(Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball)
GenusTulostoma (stalkballs)
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball) :
1: Tulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball)
25 Oct 2006 OSGR: SS49 51° 40’ N, 4° 10’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
in sand dunes
Image 1: Fruitbodies - lain down and in situImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down - close-up - pale backgroundImage 3: Fruitbody - LS - pale backgroundImage 4: Fruitbody - side view - close-upImage 5: Fruitbody - LS - close-up  - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Fruitbody - side view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Fruitbody - side view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 8: Fruitbody - top view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Fruitbody - top view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Paracapillitial septum - highly magnifiedImage 11: Paracapillitium - magnifiedImage 12: Spores - magnifiedImage 13: Spores - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Greenway, C. 2006 Tulostoma brumale Field Mycology Vol 7 (2): 64.
Henrici, A. 2007 Notes and Records (Jan 2007) Field Mycology Vol 8 (1): 31-34.
Henrici, A. 2006 Notes and Records (July 2006) Field Mycology Vol 7 (3): 101-103.

Tulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball)
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