Giant puffball mushrooms, or Calvatia gigantea, are a popular and recognizable edible mushroom. Puffballs are round with a white interior and exterior and grow on small, barely noticeable stems. The ...

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 ...

There is some great eating out there in the fungal world, and some of the best-tasting mushrooms are also quite safe, with no or few poisonous look-alikes. But every article about edible mushrooms ...

The first rule of mushroom hunting is, if you’re not sure don’t eat it. There are thousands of mushroom varieties and some have similar characteristics. Unless you know exactly what it is, don’t take ...

A cluster of small “puffball” mushrooms grow on the surface of a fallen, rotting log. Find a variety of edible fall mushrooms in nature this week, as temperatures cool. Though mention of mushroom ...

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 ...

And I recommend hunting for these three edible fungi, which are easy to find, easy to identify and choice for eating. Remember to ask permission from a landowner or their agent before foraging on ...

Mushroom season is here, and it’s arriving at a time when fungi of all kinds are at peak popularity. Colorado is home to a wide variety of mushrooms. Some local species are edible, others are ...