Puffball Mushrooms
Part of the Edible Wild Plants honor.
Giant Puffball Mushroom
Description: Most giant puffballs grow to be 10 to 70 cm in diameter, although occasionally some can reach diameters up to 150 cm and weights of 20 kg. The inside of the mature Giant puffballs is greenish brown, whereas the interior of immature puffballs is white. The large white mushrooms are edible when young.
Where found: Throughout North America
Availability: Late Summer, Fall
Use: Cooked vegetable, or use like cultivated mushrooms
WARNING: Cut the mushroom open before using it, and check for rudimentary gill or stem. The deadly Amanitas looks like a puffball when it is young before its stem grows, but it will have the gills or stem. Also, make sure the interior flesh is pure white rather than yellowish.
Adapted from AY Honors/Edible Wild Plants/Puffball Mushrooms on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
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