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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #15 on: Aug 31, 2011, 06:30:41 AM »
Yeah. I do the Morel thing in the spring...   Just not to plentiful around my place....
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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #16 on: Sep 13, 2011, 09:11:59 AM »
Found 3 more over the weekend..   Just getting around to posting them..


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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #17 on: Sep 13, 2011, 10:02:44 AM »
That's cool!  Are you find them in the forest, the fields, or the in-between areas?  I've found a few that size in the forests before, but by the time I find them they were rotten.

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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #18 on: Sep 13, 2011, 10:05:56 AM »
All of these have been in the same area of a field under the goldenrod......
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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #19 on: Sep 13, 2011, 10:16:51 AM »
Nice ones!  I have been seeing alot around my leases this year haven't taken any home yet but they are pretty tasty when prepared at RD said
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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #20 on: Sep 20, 2011, 09:10:34 AM »
  but they are pretty tasty when prepared at RD said


                        YUP...... ;D
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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #21 on: Sep 20, 2011, 10:01:02 AM »
This is wild. I've never seen anything like this. I would have thought they were some sort of rock. Pretty neat

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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #22 on: Sep 13, 2012, 10:47:19 AM »
CAN YOU COMPARE THE TASTE OF THESE TO AN OTHER MUSHROOM NATIVE TO PA?THANKS

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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #23 on: Sep 13, 2012, 11:15:44 AM »
CAN YOU COMPARE THE TASTE OF THESE TO AN OTHER MUSHROOM NATIVE TO PA?THANKS

   
     No...  But I can tell you they are good....   I like to slice them, dip in egg, dip in pankcake batter fry in butter...  Good that way but than I like to put them on foil and put in oven till a little crisp......   And make sure the inside is white and not yellow....
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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #24 on: Sep 13, 2012, 11:39:12 AM »
And if I had the time I would be out looking for them now....
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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #25 on: Sep 14, 2012, 09:36:53 AM »
I SEE THESE ALOT. DIDNT KNOW IF THEY WERE GOOD TO EAT.LOTS OF THEM AROUND THE EDGES OF THE PINES ON MY PROPERTY.DO YOU FIND THEM BY THE PINES?I ALLWAYS SEE THEM SMALLER THOUGH.WOULD THEY BE THE SAME?

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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #26 on: Sep 14, 2012, 10:30:28 AM »
Giant puffball I found hunting a few years ago:
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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #27 on: Sep 14, 2012, 01:02:33 PM »
I SEE THESE ALOT. DIDNT KNOW IF THEY WERE GOOD TO EAT.LOTS OF THEM AROUND THE EDGES OF THE PINES ON MY PROPERTY.DO YOU FIND THEM BY THE PINES?I ALLWAYS SEE THEM SMALLER THOUGH.WOULD THEY BE THE SAME?


    Here is a good site on Puff Balls...        http://americanmushrooms.com/edibles3.htm           Not to be a jerk but can you please turn your Caps off...   Makes my eyes go  :o    thanks    ;D ;D
I know a good spot that always holds some and will check when I get home....   I will take pictures of the area there in...




 
Giant puffball I found hunting a few years ago:
 


        Thats a good one...   Looks like a fence line in it.....
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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #28 on: Sep 15, 2012, 06:52:13 AM »
Didn't get out yesterday...  Went from work to my sons soccer game...   Working till 1 today and hope to take a walk later.....
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Re: Giant Puff Balls
« Reply #29 on: Sep 15, 2012, 06:27:09 PM »

    Here is a good site on Puff Balls...        http://americanmushrooms.com/edibles3.htm           Not to be a jerk but can you please turn your Caps off...   Makes my eyes go  :o    thanks    ;D ;D
I know a good spot that always holds some and will check when I get home....   I will take pictures of the area there in...
Sorry about the caps.been having a bad 2 weeks.thanks for the web site.



 

        Thats a good one...   Looks like a fence line in it.....

 


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