Although it seems late in the season, I've had a handful of folks ask me recently about giant puffballs. Earlier this week Post Bulletin staffer Eric Atherton wrote "My son picked one the other day ...

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 ...

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BRAINERD — Move over morels. Step aside chicken of the woods. A different edible mushroom is taking center stage this fall. At least that’s what happened recently for Bay Lake area resident Sheryl ...

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 ...

ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON "STAR TREK" AND "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND." AFTER SUCH A WET SUMMER MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD MUSHROOMS POP UP THEIR YARD. THAT INCLUDES THIS HUGE MUSHROOM FOUND IN ...

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These giant puffball mushrooms were found on Sept. 20, at the edge of a field in Presque Isle. Credit: Courtesy of Lauren Balogh The Maine forest is filled with some truly spectacular mushrooms, ...

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