Giant Puffball Mushrooms

I found these puffballs in the grass along the edge of the woods two days ago.  Giant puffballs, Calvatia gigantea, are edible but they have to be harvested and used while quite fresh.  Once they start to dry and turn yellow and brown, they not only lose their culinary appeal, they apparently become toxic.  So when these presented themselves at the right time this year, we harvested, prepared a couple meals, and dried quite a few.  The golf ball, which was also in...

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