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Puffball? ID Please for a puffball n00b.
    #8249134 - 04/07/08 12:24 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

I've never seen a 'puffball' before but my local guide lists the local puffball 'Calvatia lilacina' as being edible. I want to know if this is a puffball for sure before i try eating it:

Cap: brown, spherical, see pic.
Stem: Very short, light coloured, see pic.
Habitat: woodchips/leaf litter
Size: 3cm (about an inch)
Smell: Really nice, mushroomy and kind of sweet.
Other: The inner white part has that nice rubbery smooth feeling of mushroom gills.



If it is Calvatia lilicana, is there any perferred way to eat it? i've never eaten a wild mushroom before.

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Re: Puffball? ID Please for a puffball n00b. [Re: undergrounder]
    #8249190 - 04/07/08 12:41 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

How tough was the outer skin? Was it like a rind or leathery, or was it softer?

The thickness of that outer skin suggests that you have one of the Earthballs (Scleroderma). All of the Scleroderma species should be considered poisonous.

The color of the maturing spore mass would also be a good indicator or which you have.

Happy mushrooming!


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Re: Puffball? ID Please for a puffball n00b. [Re: ToxicMan]
    #8249289 - 04/07/08 01:27 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

Thanks! ill keep an eye on it and probably not eat it regardless... the skin is yeah tough, rubbery, leathery..


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Re: Puffball? ID Please for a puffball n00b. [Re: undergrounder]
    #8251688 - 04/07/08 05:09 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

A tough, thick skin indicates that you have an Earthball. They're interesting relatives of the puffballs, but not edible.

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