Key Identification Features
- Elongated club or egg-shaped fruiting body 8–25 cm tall on long fibrous woody stalk
- outer wall white becoming brown
- interior white at first then black powdery spore mass at maturity
- grows in desert soils and sand
- resists decay — dried specimens persist for months
Regions Found
Region data not available
Look-Alikes
No documented look-alikes on record.
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