Stalkball at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Tulostoma | 25 Mar 2021 | Heino1 | ||
| Unidentified | 23 Mar 2021 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Very small little puffballs, about 6mm across, and smaller.
3 comments
Heino1
wrote:
25 Mar 2021
Probably a species of Tulostoma - probably less likely a Disciseda. The former has a stem, alas usually buried in the soil, though sometimes you see loose specimens with at part of the stem still attached - or a basal hole into which the stem fitted. Check the Tulostoma sightings to make things clearer. Did you notice either stem or hole?
trevorpreston
wrote:
25 Mar 2021
I didn't notice stem or basal hole, Didn't think to even check for anything like that, but now I'm aware I will check in future.
Heino1
wrote:
25 Mar 2021
When you do, use a knife point or a solid twig to carefully lever the fungus out of the soil. In some the head can break off easily - and then be blown around like a tumbleweed. For now, I'll go with Tulostoma.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.109444-35.260278
- Altitude 626.0m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 22 Abundance
- 23 Mar 2021 10:53 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
Species information
- Tulostoma Scientific name
- Stalkball Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- 626m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
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