misterc57 Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 This tiny guy was all by himself near grass/woods path. Is it a puffball? Edible/desirable? Thank you. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1shotwade Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 cut in half and make sure it is white inside. W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mushroom Whisperer Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 You want to cut it in half from top to bottom, to make sure there isn't an outline of a gilled mushroom inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterc57 Posted October 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 pic of slice attached. thoughts? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Looks like Scleroderma citrinum. The interior is white when immature. Later it's interior turns dark. Don't eat it or inhale the spores. If it is S. citrinum it is sometimes parasitized by a bolete, B. parasiticus. Also Kou states that the rind of the puffball stain pinkish when sliced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1shotwade Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 I'm not an expert but I don't see anything but a puffball. Wait on others rather than take a chance. Wade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterc57 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Thanks everyone. Here is another (hopefully better) picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterc57 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 I should have left this one on the ground and watch it grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 Looks like a true puffball to me. Maybe Lycoperdon marginatum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 I was out picking mushrooms in a large White Pine stand in N. Park. I don't think having a white interior will keep you from getting sick. Here's a photo of the "poison pigskin puffball" with a white interior & one that has matured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Good to show here bobby. I have seen Scleroderma with whitish interior. Can trick a novice. One difference... the true puffball is not real dense inside, cuts easily. Scleroderma has interior fairly dense. Immature true puffball looks somewhat like cream cheese inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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