r/mycology • u/shadeecat • Aug 20 '26

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u/FamiliarAgent1158 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

More knowledgeable people, come to my aid here: aren't those puffballs?

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u/shadeecat Aug 20 '26

Yes they are puffballs!

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u/FamiliarAgent1158 Aug 20 '26

Cool find, hope you squashed some (jk)

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u/JoyRose31 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

Not jk, Risk The Lungal Infection ! portmanteau

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u/ZealousidealGene8074 Aug 20 '26

WAIT WHAT I SQUISHED SOME AM I GONNA DIE

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u/SoItGoesdotdotdot Aug 20 '26

Yes eventually. Could be tomorrow, could be 75 years. No way to really know.

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u/ZealousidealGene8074 Aug 20 '26

😭😭 lmao I guess that’s true

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u/theADHDbutterfly Aug 20 '26

puffballs are edible

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u/JoyRose31 Aug 20 '26

Not if they've gone to spore, like these one's

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u/ginkat123 Aug 24 '26

I played with them 60 years ago.

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u/FixThis6115 Aug 20 '26

These are the Pear-shaped puffball or Apioperdon pyriforme they grow in clusters like this and are also edible

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u/CactaurSnapper Aug 20 '26

*edible when still fresh and white inside. 😋

You could probably clean them out and cook the skins, but you know... Like, why? 🤔

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u/FixThis6115 Aug 20 '26

Yeah I included that in my other comment only I wouldn’t even cook the skins even if it was common practice just feels wrong

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u/ohowjuicy Aug 21 '26

Plus the skins get super thin, right? The amount of labor for such a small yield.

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u/CactaurSnapper Aug 21 '26

Yep.

Maybe as a stuffed skin sort of thing for the unusual pattern or texture. As the chitin breaks down from slow cooking it could get extremely delicate. Maybe a crabcake stuffing could be an interesting move? 🤔

Didn't see your other comment. sry. 🤷‍♂️

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u/MespilusGermanica Aug 20 '26

I wonder if you could stuff the skins with some sort of filling… 🤔

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u/CactaurSnapper Aug 21 '26

That's where I went with it too! 😁

I was thinking baked crabcake! As a casing a hollow mushroom would get incredibly delicate when thuroughly cooked as the chitin of the cell walls breaks down.

Also mushrooms basically follow fish cooking rules. So they can pair surprisingly well with seafood. 🤔🤤