PUFF BALLS

Giant Puffball Galvatia Giantea or Lycoperdon giganteum or Langermannia gigantea Becomes chewy and yellow with age.
http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/id_guide/gasteromycetes/calvatia_gigantea.htm

Common Puffball ., Edible only when young
http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/id_guide/gasteromycetes/lycoperdon_perlatum.htm

Lycoperdon pyriforme, Edible only when young
http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/id_guide/gasteromycetes/lycoperdon_pyriforme.htm

Lycoperdon echinatum , Edible only when young
http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/id_guide/gasteromycetes/lycoperdon_echinatum.htm

Calvatia excipuliformis, Edible only when young
http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/id_guide/gasteromycetes/calvatia_excipuliformis.htm

Vascellum pratense, Edible only when young
http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Vascellum_pratense.html

Recipe

http://www.mssf.org/cookbook/puffballs.html

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