Winter Stalk Puffball
Tulostoma brumale · Family Agaricaceae · Updated October 2026
98US records
23states
Augbusiest month
98 US records since 1878 (2 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Oct 17, 2022 (about 4 years ago) near Mexico, Oswego County, NY, a preserved specimen in Cornell University Plant Pathology Herbarium. Most US records come from New York, Kansas and North Dakota, and the busiest months are Aug, Apr and Oct. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)
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When it's recorded
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Aug, Apr, Oct.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Rooks County, KS (10) · latest Aug 10, 1903
- Johnson County, IA (6) · latest 1889-10
- McLean County, ND (6) · latest Aug 20, 1926
- Onondaga County, NY (6) · latest 1889-11
- Alachua County, FL (4)
- Pima County, AZ (3) · latest 1901-01
- Macon County, IL (3) · latest Apr 23, 1966
- Cook County, IL (3) · latest Jul 5, 2000
- Tompkins County, NY (3) · latest May 19, 1902
- McKenzie County, ND (2) · latest May 21, 1941
More on this species from GBIF.
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