Mushrooms

Teri B. · 12-09-2007, 05:59 PM

Okay, this is kind of strange, but I was out in the middle of NOWHERE at an accident scene the other day, and I found the craziest looking mushrooms I've ever seen. They were various sizes, a little smaller than a baseball, and had no stem. I picked several of them and brought them home, and I just remembered them and tried to find them on the web, but couldn't find a picture that looked like them.

Anyone know what these are? Are they, perhaps, the Aaron Sorkin

kind of mushrooms?

ciaobox2007 · 12-09-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Teri B.

Okay, this is kind of strange, but I was out in the middle of NOWHERE at an accident scene the other day, and I found the craziest looking mushrooms I've ever seen. They were various sizes, a little smaller than a baseball, and had no stem. I picked several of them and brought them home, and I just remembered them and tried to find them on the web, but couldn't find a picture that looked like them.

Anyone know what these are? Are they, perhaps, the Aaron Sorkin

kind of mushrooms?

is this it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_puffball

jowey · 12-09-2007, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teri B.

Okay, this is kind of strange, but I was out in the middle of NOWHERE at an accident scene the other day, and I found the craziest looking mushrooms I've ever seen. They were various sizes, a little smaller than a baseball, and had no stem. I picked several of them and brought them home, and I just remembered them and tried to find them on the web, but couldn't find a picture that looked like them.

Anyone know what these are? Are they, perhaps, the Aaron Sorkin

kind of mushrooms?

Dont get caught with them if they have pharmaceutical properties, have a picture....?

Teri B. · 12-09-2007, 06:14 PM

Yeah, I think they are puffball mushrooms. I thought they were balls lying on the ground at first. I've just never seen anything like them before and was curious. I'm not planning to eat them, cause I'm afraid they may be poisenous, but they were sure interesting.

Teri B. · 12-09-2007, 06:17 PM

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PUFFBALLS (LYCOPERDON spp. and CALVATIA spp)

Description: Depending on their size, puffballs have been mistaken at a distance for everything from golf balls to sheep.

These round or pear-shaped mushrooms are almost always whitish, tan or gray and may or may not have a stalk-like base. The interior of a puffball is solid white at first, gradually turning yellow, then brown as the mushroom ages. Finally, the interior changes to a mass of dark, powdery spores, Size: 1" to 12" in diameter, sometimes larger.

When and Where: Late summer and fall; in lawns, open woods, pastures, barren areas. On soil or decaying wood.

Cautions: Each puffball should be sliced from top to bottom and the interior examined. It should be completely white and featureless inside, like a slice of white bread. There should be no trace of yellow or brown (which will spoil the flavor) and especially no sign of a developing mushroom with a stalk, gills and cap (see Poisonous Mushrooms). Amanitas, when young, can resemble small puffballs, but cutting them open will quickly resolve the question.

http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/mushrooms/mushroom/edible.htm

These sound like what they are.

12-09-2007, 05:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Teri B. Banned Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,318 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 37 Thanked 56 Times in 34 Posts	Mushrooms Okay, this is kind of strange, but I was out in the middle of NOWHERE at an accident scene the other day, and I found the craziest looking mushrooms I've ever seen. They were various sizes, a little smaller than a baseball, and had no stem. I picked several of them and brought them home, and I just remembered them and tried to find them on the web, but couldn't find a picture that looked like them. Anyone know what these are? Are they, perhaps, the Aaron Sorkin kind of mushrooms?
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12-09-2007, 06:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Teri B. Banned Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,318 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 37 Thanked 56 Times in 34 Posts	Yeah, I think they are puffball mushrooms. I thought they were balls lying on the ground at first. I've just never seen anything like them before and was curious. I'm not planning to eat them, cause I'm afraid they may be poisenous, but they were sure interesting.
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