Thread: Edible fungi?
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Old 24-08-2009, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Ragnar View Post
Hard to tell from the photo but from the size my guess would be some species
of puffball. Whatever it is, it has been attacked by slugs or snails.
R.
With a top-only photo, for all we know it could have a stem and gills concealed underneath.

Giant puffball are mainly found on grassland, so probably not that. Also, any kind of puffball eventually goes black and dry inside, and puffs out those black, dry spores, and I think that would have happened by the time sufficient time had passed for it to get that tatty. If it was ever suitable for human consumption, it is long past its eat-by date.