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Tulostoma dumeticola Long

photograph © R. E. Halling, 2004
Voucher = Ovrebo #4365

This stalked puffball is a recent discovery from Costa Rica. This specimen was just collected from a mixed stand of Comarostaphylis arbutoides and Quercus costaricensis at 3000 m elevation in the Cordillera Talamanca. The gasterocarps are 2-6 cm tall and the spore bearing sac has a detersile layer over the endoperidium. The genus is perhaps more frequently found in drier sites rather than in montane cloud forests. Determination kindly provided by Dr. F. Calonge via M. Mata.

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