Tulostoma cyclophorum Lloyd, Mycol. Writings 7: 25. 1906.

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Tulostoma cyclophorum Lloyd, Mycol. Writings 7: 25. 1906. Figure 2d

Holotype.

SOUTH AFRICA, Stoneman, herb. Lloyd 4495 (BPI).

Tulostoma cyclophorum is a morphologically characteristic species, originally described from South Africa, with a tomentose, white to ochraceous endoperidium covered with mycosclereids and a distinctly membranous exoperidium. The mouth is silky fibrillose-fimbriate. Its spores are unique among European Tulostoma lineages, being more or less reticulate (visible under SEM, Figure 2d; asperulate under light microscope).

Habitat and distribution.

Mostly found in semi-shaded localities among grasses and herbs on lawns in city parks on somewhat sandy soil. From Europe currently reported from France, Italy, Hungary, and Spain ( Demoulin 1984, Jeppson et al. 2011, Moreno et al. 1990, Sarasini 2005). It appears to have a cosmopolitan world distribution.

Specimens examined.

ARGENTINA, Catamarca: Dpto. Capayán, Concepción, picada a Pomán, en vegetación arbustiva del "Chaco serrano" a orillas de un camino, 23 May 1998, M.J. Silverio-Reyes (AH 19564, GB)*. FRANCE, Auvergne: Saint-Priest-en-Murat, 14 Oct. 1986, Priou 86150 (AH 13418). HUNGARY, Szatmár-Bereg: Nyíregyháza, College of Nyíregyháza, Stadion út, urban lawn, under Platanus, 21 Sept. 2009, M. Jeppson 8862 (GB)*. SPAIN, Huelva: Aracena, 5 Nov. 2001, L. Romero de la Osa (AH 28451); Madrid: Alameda de Osuna, suelo arenoso bajo Pinus pinea , 22 Oct. 1994, V. González (AH 16885, GB)*; Parque del Oeste, in grass, 20 Oct. 1984, R. Lowen 99 (GB)*.