Puffball mushrooms

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Puffball mushrooms

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Anyone tried these?

I have a really big puffball (I think - I will know more when I pick it) on my front lawn. Not sure what to do with it though. :))
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Disco has, I can feel it in my bones. Fry slices in butter, I think!
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Yes. Slice it into a big round and fry it - you can breadcrumb it.
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As if by mushroom magic, here I am!
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:dotty:
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I can do that! :mrgreen:

I'm not usually a mushroom forager - this is exciting.
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Please don’t die though. I’m haunted by a mushroom identification book that my friend bought me; it had “this is delicious” and “this will kill you” mushrooms on pages facing each other and they looked exactly the same.

ETA: more helpfully, I’ve got a better book now and I can take pictures of the puffball pages if that’s any help.
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Please be careful :look:
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Squirrel wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:49 pm Please don’t die though. I’m haunted by a mushroom identification book that my friend bought me; it had “this is delicious” and “this will kill you” mushrooms on pages facing each other and they looked exactly the same.

ETA: more helpfully, I’ve got a better book now and I can take pictures of the puffball pages if that’s any help.
That would be good, if you have a minute.

My understanding is that if it has gills, then DO NOT EAT. :uhh:
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This is a pic I took of it yesterday.. it is rather large.
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It’s smiling at you! :love:

That is a fine looking shroom.
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My photos are terrible but here goes anyway, sorry!
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Thank you!

Umm, I'm not loving the phrase "probably edible". I see what you mean..
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Maybe just wait for it to go over, then kick it :weewee:.
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Cake or death!
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:lol: I may have to erect a fence around it, because the ride-on mower arrives later today.

I'm curious as to how big it will get if I leave it alone.
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Protect it at all costs!
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Is “inedible” code for “this will definitely kill you”? :))

I like the one that says “edible when young & white”. Racists ;)
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The categories are edible, inedible and poisonous. But then it says things like “probably edible” and the more useful “edible and tasty” :)). The poisonous and highly poisonous ones have a skull and crossbones ☠️.
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