Tulostoma

Tulostoma is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. Species in the genus are commonly known as stalkballs,^[1] or stalked puffballs. Fossils of Tulostoma have been reported from 12 million year old rocks in central England^[2] and 13.5 million year old coals from Slovakia.^[3]

Tulostoma
Tulostoma kotlabae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Tulostoma Pers. (1794)
Type species
Tulostoma mammosum P.Micheli ex Fr. (1829)
Synonyms
Tulasnodea Fr. (1840)

See also

• List of Agaricaceae genera
• List of Agaricales genera
• List of Tulostoma species

References

1. Holden L. "English Names for fungi 2014". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
2. Pound, Matthew J.; Nuñez Otaño, Noelia B.; Romero, Ingrid C.; Lim, Michael; Riding, James B.; O’Keefe, Jennifer M. K. (2022). "The fungal ecology of the Brassington Formation (Middle Miocene) of Derbyshire, United Kingdom, and a new method for palaeoclimate reconstruction". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.947623. ISSN 2296-701X.
3. Romero, Ingrid C.; Nuñez Otaño, Noelia B.; Gibson, Martha E.; Spears, Tyler M.; Fairchild, C. Jolene; Tarlton, Laikin; Jones, Savannah; Belkin, Harvey E.; Warny, Sophie; Pound, Matthew J.; O’Keefe, Jennifer M. K. (2021). "First Record of Fungal Diversity in the Tropical and Warm-Temperate Middle Miocene Climate Optimum Forests of Eurasia". Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 4. Bibcode:2021FrFGC...4.8405R. doi:10.3389/ffgc.2021.768405. hdl:11336/167104. ISSN 2624-893X.

External links

• "Tulostoma Pers". Atlas of Living Australia.