I've noticed puffballs popping up around here this past week. Yes, they are edible, if harvested when they are young, before the spores start to mature. Jim
I'm with Brian: Had to laugh at his comment! I've just never never never understood the attraction some humans have with eating mushrooms. For some reason they just give me the willies. Kinda like your initial photo of that puffball thingy!!
Well, I cheated and peeked at the answer, though at first glance it looked like a washed up jellyfish. Given how far you are from the sea however, it would have had to wash up a mighty long way...
I remember a much smaller cousin to this puffball in CA. As a child we delighted in bursting them and seeing the spores fly. And surprise there'd be more!
Oh my gosh, I love puffballs. When I was a kid, it was a thrill to find one that was drying up, and kick it, sending out that puff of 'smoke.' Yeah, I was easily excited back then. :)
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That looks quite large!
They are fabulous! Love the texture on them.
Is this a kind of puffball, Vicki? If so, is it edible?
I don't know what kind of mushroom this is! But it's big and beautiful!
WOW!!
You do get a lot of interesting things in your yard!
i really am glad it was not my original thought...neat though. ha.
I've noticed puffballs popping up around here this past week. Yes, they are edible, if harvested when they are young, before the spores start to mature. Jim
Tis the season for fungi.
Did you try one??? Seem to be plentiful this year, what with these little rain showers from time to time!
Elora
wow
Not sure about eating them though! But they do look good in nature.
I'm with Brian: Had to laugh at his comment! I've just never never never understood the attraction some humans have with eating mushrooms. For some reason they just give me the willies. Kinda like your initial photo of that puffball thingy!!
Could be an illustration for Jules Verne "From the Earth to the Moon."
Well, I cheated and peeked at the answer, though at first glance it looked like a washed up jellyfish. Given how far you are from the sea however, it would have had to wash up a mighty long way...
Gosh, that's a monster. I prefer it at a distance!
Very interesting !!!
What a cool photo! Fungi and lichens arequite interesting to photograph.
It is, I'm reasonably sure, a puffball. Now just to brave up and try cooking one -- I love mushrooms.
I, too, thought it looked like the moon.
I guessed it was some sort of mushroom...very cool!
I remember a much smaller cousin to this puffball in CA. As a child we delighted in bursting them and seeing the spores fly. And surprise there'd be more!
Oh my gosh, I love puffballs. When I was a kid, it was a thrill to find one that was drying up, and kick it, sending out that puff of 'smoke.' Yeah, I was easily excited back then. :)
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