They vanish when you hit them with the mower!

>>6322 Apparently they produce trillions on spores :O

goodgrief - OOuch!

JC - I spotted a sixth one nearby, a bit farther in the woods. As I said, I've never had any before - I wonder why so many this year. Each puffball must produce billions of spores, but you seldom see them. I wonder if these will spawn more next year.

When I was 8 years old, I ran into a fire hydrant while pulling a kite. This reminds me of that.

I too have giant puffballs :D
But they currently look very eaten.
2 this year, and 1 each the previous 2 years

They are edible when white - these are a few days too old. Slice them up, Fry them in butter - or dip in batter & fry. I should have tried it.

Soon they will disintegrate into billions of spores.

There's a TV cook called Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall over here who cooked a giant puffball on his show a couple of years ago. He hollowed it out, stuffed other things in it then baked it. I don't know if they're all safe though.

are those toxic btw?

I've had some very large, wierd mushroomy things in the East lot growing! I should have taken photos before I mowed over them!

Those are some big balls, Dick