Puffball mushrooms
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Puffball mushrooms
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.
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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Re: Puffball mushrooms
Disco has, I can feel it in my bones. Fry slices in butter, I think!
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
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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Re: Puffball mushrooms
I can do that!
I'm not usually a mushroom forager - this is exciting.
I'm not usually a mushroom forager - this is exciting.
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
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.
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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Re: Puffball mushrooms
Please be careful
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
That would be good, if you have a minute.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.
My understanding is that if it has gills, then DO NOT EAT.
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
This is a pic I took of it yesterday.. it is rather large.
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
It’s smiling at you!
That is a fine looking shroom.
That is a fine looking shroom.
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
My photos are terrible but here goes anyway, sorry!
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
Thank you!
Umm, I'm not loving the phrase "probably edible". I see what you mean..
Umm, I'm not loving the phrase "probably edible". I see what you mean..
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
Maybe just wait for it to go over, then kick it .
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
Cake or death!
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
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.
I'm curious as to how big it will get if I leave it alone.
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
Protect it at all costs!
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
Is “inedible” code for “this will definitely kill you”?
I like the one that says “edible when young & white”. Racists ;)
I like the one that says “edible when young & white”. Racists ;)
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Re: Puffball mushrooms
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 .