It’s peak puffball season and if you know your mushrooms or know someone who does, you may be gifted with one or two of these mysterious but delicious fungi. The Giant Puffball (Calvatia Gigantea) ...

Giant puffball mushrooms (aka: Calvatia gigantea, Langermannia gigantea, Lycoperdon giganteum) are fun to find in the woods in the springtime and into the autumn months. The first time my dog and I ...

A cluster of small “puffball” mushrooms grow on the surface of a fallen, rotting log. Find a variety of edible fall mushrooms in nature this week, as temperatures cool. Though mention of mushroom ...

The first rule of mushroom hunting is, if you’re not sure don’t eat it. There are thousands of mushroom varieties and some have similar characteristics. Unless you know exactly what it is, don’t take ...

And I recommend hunting for these three edible fungi, which are easy to find, easy to identify and choice for eating. Remember to ask permission from a landowner or their agent before foraging on ...

As has been noted on numerous occasions in this space, everything about a fruiting structure -- from dandelion seeds that become airborne, fruits and seeds that float, fruits that attract animals to ...

The giant puffball is large enough to be kicked around like a soccer ball when fully grown. Doing so will help release many of its seven trillion spores. (Clay Wollney) Puffballs are a form of fungi ...

The final wave of mushrooms is upon us! No, this isn’t some dire warning of an impending apocalypse caused by terrifying toadstools, rather the explanation of why clumps, clusters and rings of various ...