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

Interactions where Tulostoma brumale is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
basidiome basidiome is associated with Major BRYOPSIDA mosses Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Tulostoma brumale/Tulostoma brumalewinter stalkball, winter stalk puffballbasidiome Plant / associate /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/BryopsidamossesMajor (winter - early spring)

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Tulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. 2006 Notes and Records (Oct 2006) Field Mycology Vol 7 (4): 141-2.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of Tulostoma brumale (Winter Stalkball, Winter Stalk Puffball)
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