Tulostoma melanocyclum Bres.
(Scaly Stalkball, Scaly Stalk Puffball)

Interactions where Tulostoma melanocyclum 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			Salix repens	Creeping Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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 melanocyclum/	Tulostoma melanocyclum	scaly stalkball, scaly stalk puffball				basidiome	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/	Salix repens	creeping willow
basidiome		basidiome is associated with			Ammophila arenaria	Marram, Marram Grass	Poales: Poaceae	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 melanocyclum/	Tulostoma melanocyclum	scaly stalkball, scaly stalk puffball				basidiome	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Ammophila arenaria/	Ammophila arenaria	marram, marram grass
basidiome		basidiome is associated with			Ceratodon purpureus	Redshank	Dicranales: Ditrichaceae	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 melanocyclum/	Tulostoma melanocyclum	scaly stalkball, scaly stalk puffball				basidiome	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Ditrichaceae/Ceratodon purpureus/	Ceratodon purpureus	redshank
basidiome		basidiome is associated with			Syntrichia ruraliformis	Sand-hill Screw-moss	Dicranales: Pottiaceae	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 melanocyclum/	Tulostoma melanocyclum	scaly stalkball, scaly stalk puffball				basidiome	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Pottiaceae/Syntrichia ruraliformis/	Syntrichia ruraliformis	sand-hill screw-moss

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tulostoma melanocyclum (Scaly Stalkball, Scaly Stalk Puffball)
Genus	Tulostoma (stalkballs)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tulostoma melanocyclum is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tulostoma melanocyclum (Scaly Stalkball, Scaly Stalk Puffball)

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

Tulostoma
(stalkballs)

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tulostoma melanocyclum (Scaly Stalkball, Scaly Stalk Puffball):

Tulostoma
(stalkballs)

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Rare

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