Scaly Stalk Puffball
Description
Fruit-body dome- to apple-shaped, Ø 10-20 mm, with long stem. Outer surface smooth, parchment-like, light brown or red-brown to creamy yellow, with a central, papilla-like opening surrounded by a brown, ring-shaped zone, Ø 1 mm.
Stem 2-8 cm x 2-4 mm, tough, yellow-brown with red-brown scales, largely remaining below the surface.
Occurrence
On dry, calcareous dune sand deficient in humus, among mosses and in unmanured, dry grasslands in sand dunes and dune scrub.
Saprophyte.
Status
Rare (Red Data List, ed. 1)
Related and/or similar species
- Tulostoma brumale