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 ...

What Is a Giant Puffball Mushroom? Giant puffball mushrooms or Calvatia gigantean are medicinal mushrooms that grow on decaying plant material. You can find them near the edges or openings of forests ...

Do you remember when you were a kid and came upon a puffball in the woods? How much fun it was to squeeze them and puff out that cloud of spores? I still enjoy doing this. I figure I’m giving the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (The Des Moines Register) — Whoa. This thing is huge. It's a giant puffball mushroom. Heidi Anderson, a naturalist with Polk County Conservation in Granger, said the "beach ball-sized ...

As has been noted on numerous occasions in this space, everything about a fruiting structure -- from dandelion seeds that become airborne, fruits and seeds that float, fruits that attract animals to ...

Although it seems late in the season, I've had a handful of folks ask me recently about giant puffballs. Earlier this week Post Bulletin staffer Eric Atherton wrote "My son picked one the other day ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Whoa. This thing is huge. It's a giant puffball mushroom. Heidi Anderson, a naturalist with Polk County Conservation in Granger, said the "beach ball-sized" mushroom was found by a ...

Whoa. This thing is huge. It's a giant puffball mushroom. Heidi Anderson, a naturalist with Polk County Conservation in Granger, said the "beach ball-sized" mushroom was found by a visitor Wednesday ...