 Widely distributed , Calostoma cinnabarinum can be found from Massachusetts south to Florida in the United States . Its range extends at least as far west as Texas , with possible populations in the Southwest , but is most common in the Appalachian Mountains where it becomes more frequent with increasing elevation . It is also present in Eastern Mexico , where it grows in the subtropical cloud forests of Veracruz and Hidalgo . In Central America , it is known from Belize 's <unk> National Park , the cloud forests of Baja Verapaz and El Quiché in Guatemala , and Panama . The species is also recorded in South America , from Colombia as far southeast as Brazil , where it is described as rare . It has also been collected from a disjunct population in Asia , where it has been recorded from seven provinces in mainland China , mostly in the southeast , as well as from Indonesia , Taiwan , Japan , and <unk> in South Korea . 
