The " Martian " flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah Author Sokoloff, Paul C. Author Freebury, Colin E. Author Hamilton, Paul B. Author Saarela, Jeffery M. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8176 8176 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 1314-2828--8176 Tulostoma sp. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: 308; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; Taxon: kingdom: Fungi; phylum: Basidiomycota; class: Agaricomycetes; order: Agaricales; family: Agaricaceae; genus: Tulostoma; taxonRank: Genus; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America ; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station ; verbatimLocality: Sandstone plateau immediately southwest of Mars Desert Research Station, alongside ATV trail; verbatimElevation: 1412 m ; verbatimLatitude: 38°24'22.4"N ; verbatimLongitude: 110°47'40.3"W ; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Redhead, Scott ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 24, 2014 ; habitat: Dry conglomerate sandstone; Record Level: institutionID: AAFC; collectionCode: DAOM ; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Notes This is a diverse woody mushroom genus common in deserts of the southwestern United States ( Hernandez Caffot et al. 2011 ). This specimen was found growing on sandy soils on top of the plateau immediately southwest of MDRS. Unfortunately, the specimen was too old and degraded for anything other than a generic determination (Scott A. Redhead, personal communication) (Fig. 11).