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Schizostoma laceratum
This species has woody stem, looks like a Tulustoma species when is young, but when it grows the dehiscence is by a irregular hole wich brokes all the exoperidium, resembling a star or a flower. All basidome up to 10 cm. Spores smooth.
Sandy soils, arid and semi arid zones.
Not edible, some cultures in Sonora used the gleba as make-up
Spotted on Feb 21, 2009
Submitted on Apr 28, 2012
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