Tulostoma

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Tulostoma kotlabae.jpg

| image_width =

| image_caption = Tulostoma kotlabae

| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Basidiomycota

| classis = Agaricomycetes

| ordo = Agaricales

| familia = Agaricaceae

| genus = Tulostoma

| genus_authority = Pers. (1794)

| type_species = Tulostoma mammosum

| type_species_authority = P.Micheli ex Fr. (1829)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

| image2 = Tulostoma brumale - bjoerns - 479242729.jpeg

| image2_caption = Tulostoma brumale

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = *Tulasnodea Fr. (1840)

}}

Tulostoma is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. Species in the genus are commonly known as stalkballs, or stalked puffballs. Fossils of Tulostoma have been reported from 12 million year old rocks in central England{{cite journal |last1=Pound |first1=Matthew J. |last2=Nuñez Otaño |first2=Noelia B. |last3=Romero |first3=Ingrid C. |last4=Lim |first4=Michael |last5=Riding |first5=James B. |last6=O’Keefe |first6=Jennifer M. K. |title=The fungal ecology of the Brassington Formation (Middle Miocene) of Derbyshire, United Kingdom, and a new method for palaeoclimate reconstruction |journal=Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |date=2022 |volume=10 |doi=10.3389/fevo.2022.947623 |issn=2296-701X|doi-access=free }} and 13.5 million year old coals from Slovakia.{{cite journal |last1=Romero |first1=Ingrid C. |last2=Nuñez Otaño |first2=Noelia B. |last3=Gibson |first3=Martha E. |last4=Spears |first4=Tyler M. |last5=Fairchild |first5=C. Jolene |last6=Tarlton |first6=Laikin |last7=Jones |first7=Savannah |last8=Belkin |first8=Harvey E. |last9=Warny |first9=Sophie |last10=Pound |first10=Matthew J. |last11=O’Keefe |first11=Jennifer M. K. |title=First Record of Fungal Diversity in the Tropical and Warm-Temperate Middle Miocene Climate Optimum Forests of Eurasia |journal=Frontiers in Forests and Global Change |date=2021 |volume=4 |doi=10.3389/ffgc.2021.768405 |issn=2624-893X|doi-access=free |bibcode=2021FrFGC...4.8405R |hdl=11336/167104 |hdl-access=free }}