Winter Stalkball

Tulostoma brumale

Forests, parks, squares. Almost all year round, especially late autumn and mild winters.

Fruiting bodies small. Globose when young, 3-6 cm tall when mature. Head 0.5-1 (1.5) cm across, round or flattened, sometimes onion-shaped, with an opening at the top, pale brown, ochre, brown, sand-coloured. Stem 1.5-6 cm long and 0.2-0.3 cm thick, fibrous, finely scaly, flaky, hollow, the colour of the cap, with a bulb at the base. Grows singly, rarely several fruiting bodies together, among grass, favouring calcareous, stony, sandy soil. Rare.