GOOD FOOD !

For those who live in the country or go to the country NOW is the time for the GIANT PUFF BALL Cannot be mistaken for other fungi. If you are lucky enough to find one,5" dia is good, take it home, slice into 3/8" thick, must have white flesh, if brown it has gone over, and fry lightly in butter, then serve between 2 slices of brown or white bread. It has to tried - mushroom flavour but a bit stronger - superb ! Just eating one now ! Noel

Famous last words!!!

A photo would be good.

Dave

..sounds good, it's our first autumn here so be interesting to see what pops up.. ..also some proper field mushrooms would go down a treat..

Hi,

Giant Puffball (wildfooduk.com)

Very nice to eat.

Whilst not wishing to be a spoil-sport … do please read to the end of Grizzly Bear’s link:

”Breathing in the spores of this fungi can cause Lycoperdonosis a nasty lung disease so care should be taken when handling mature specimens.”

MichaelG.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoperdonosis

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 02/10/2023 20:47:14

Edited By Frances IoM on 02/10/2023 20:51:21

Yup, my dad also used to eat puff balls. I used to stamp on them!

They are lovely, get a fair few round here but didn't find any this morning.

One of the farmers brought one down the pub last season.. is was over a foot in dia !! No one wanted to eat it though.. 'it'll be to old they grumbled..'

Mushrooms here were very early, we were getting them at end of July, never seen that before. They disappeared by end of August but are now returning.. got 5 nice ones on my lawn which I'm looking forward to eating.

My father ran a pub near Hay on Wye and one night a local brought in an enormous puffball. It was quickly sliced up and cooked over the open fire before being devoured by appreciative regulars. 'Where'd you find that 'un Jonno?' one asked, back came the reply: 'E were in the churchyard as I came by'. Their faces were a picture