Tulostoma lusitanicum Calonge & M.G. Almeida, in Calonge, Bol. Soc. Micol. Madrid 25: 302. 2000.

Jeppson, Mikael, Altes, Alberto, Moreno, Gabriel, Nilsson, R. Henrik, Yolanda Loarce,, Bustos, Alfredo de & Larsson, Ellen, 2017, Unexpected high species diversity among European stalked puffballs - a contribution to the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Tulostoma (Agaricales), MycoKeys 21, pp. 33-88 : 56

Tulostoma lusitanicum Calonge & M.G. Almeida, in Calonge, Bol. Soc. Micol. Madrid 25: 302. 2000. Figure 12

Holotype.

PORTUGAL, Estremadura: Pinhal do Rei, 8 Jan. 1991, G. Almeida, F. Estrella, F.D. Calonge (LISU-MGA 8!)*.

The species was invalidly published by Calonge and Almeida (1992) and later validated by Calonge (2000). ITS sequence data confirm it as a distinct species (Figure 1b).

Habitat and distribution.

Recorded only from sand dunes in Portugal.