Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Tulostoma brumale Pers., Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 86 (1794)

Lycoperdon mammosum P. Micheli, Nov. pl. gen. (Florentiae): 217 (1729)
Lycoperdon pedunculatum L., Sp. pl. Edn 2 2: 1184 (1753)
Tulostoma mammosum (P. Micheli) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(1): 42 (1829)

Habitat: On sandy or calcareous soil, often amongst mosses in dune slacks; also on calcareous mortar in old, moss-covered walls. Most frequently collected in winter or early spring.

Notes: Occasional and widespread in coastal areas, but rarely found inland.

Distribution: E: o, S: o, W: o, NI: !, ROI: !, Other: Channel Islands: !; Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 28474; Scotland: K(M) 81139; Wales: K(M) 81138; NI: K(M) 120076; ROI: K(M) 81140; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 28461

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 251
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 396, pl. 522
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 298
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 46-47, pl. Figs 24/25

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