OUT on a narrow country road and what are those large white balls in a field?
Stopping the car to get out we see they are puffball mushrooms – some as big as your head.
The mushrooms had taken root in a circle on the edge of a field, with a second circle a little higher up the field towards the crest of the hill.
Up close some of the mushrooms were really big, a good 30cms wide, and smaller ones would be gathered around a larger example.
Thanks to a Wikipedia page on Giant puffball mushrooms I was able to read that they are edible in their current state – a broken one showed a solid, completely white interior.
If you are sure you have a giant puffball mushroom one way to cook it is to begin by slicing it up into 1cm thick slices and fry with a knob of butter.
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5 responses to “Giant puffball mushrooms – some as big as your head”
Your local pharmacy is the place to go with any wild mushrooms you find. They can advise you if they are edible or not.
Let’s hope we get a cepe harvest as good!
Definitely worth dropping in to the pharmacy if you’ve any doubts. And with the rain we are currently experiencing I wonder if cepes are just around the corner???
I picked the first Cepes de Bordeaux on Saturday here in Montcabrier (Lot – on Dordogne border). They were delicious! I see the cars by the side of the road, so it must have truly started. They’re small, though, so harder to find.
Will have to keep my eyes open for both the cepes and the cars!!!