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AlBo

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I found this small puffball in my front lawn, right at the edge of a wood chip bed. It had sprang from the soil, at least in appearance. I do not know much about puffballs, but the outer skin stained green/yellow slowly after cut. The skid pealed away easily. I don't think I could say that the flesh is "pure" white, but it is white on the inside. I have read that poisonous and other non-edible puff balls are not "pure" white on the inside. I am wondering if this one is edible.

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I personally wouldn't eat the ones that show color inside darker than the shell layer on the photos (top right on the first photo, bottom right on the last photo). Also, if the texture is firm and not marshmallow-like, it's not edible.

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Thanks for the comment EB! It was not quite as soft as marshmallow... Maybe like a stale one. The firmness that you mentioned, is it associated with the maturity of the specimen? Or is this a characteristic of a non-edible species? 

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AIBo, it's a chaacteristic of non-edible species. Stale marshmallow is still soft enough. The poisonous ones are hard like...potato or something. But the edible ones are only edible before they change internal color.

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