Tulostoma niveum Kers
(White Stalkball, White Stalk Puffball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tulostoma niveum (White Stalkball, White 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 niveum 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.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	McNeil, D.	2013	Some noteworthy British Gasteromycete records	Field Mycology vol 14 (1): 24-30.

Tulostoma niveum (White Stalkball, White Stalk Puffball) may also 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))

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

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tulostoma niveum (White Stalkball, White Stalk Puffball)

Vulnerable

VU/D2

Tranche 1, Dec 1995

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Tulostoma niveum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)