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 ...

I really like puffballs, not the huge football-sized ones that are starting to show up in the lawns around my house (those are very cool) but rather the smaller, ping-pong sized ones that grow in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Foragers and chefs alike can't get enough of giant puffball mushrooms. The aptly-named giant puffball mushroom or Calvatia gigantea is common in Canada and parts of the U.S., like the midwest. the ...

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 ...