Voorbeelden van puffball

• The puffballs are edible when the interior gleba is still firm and white.

• Eventually, the puffballs explode into a fine powder compared to cotton candy.

• Mature puffballs release their powdery spores through the ostiole when they are compressed by touch or falling raindrops.

• Nutritional analysis indicates that the puffballs are a good source of protein, carbohydrates, fats, and several micronutrients.

• The distinguishing feature of all puffballs is that they do not have an open cap with spore-bearing gills.

• From the mycelia the fungi is able to throw up its fruiting bodies, the visible part above the soil (e.g., mushrooms, toadstools, and puffballs), which may contain millions of spores.

• Historically, it had been assumed to be saprobic, due to its taxonomic uncertainly, and presumed relatedness to other saprobic fungi like the stalked puffballs and the earthstars.

• At maturity, the entire fruit body may become detached from the ground, and the spores spread as the puffball is blown around like a tumbleweed.

• Recommended cooking techniques for puffball slices include sauting and coating in batter before frying.

• They settled on a mostly white design, with black piping and a puffball skirt.

• During every rainy spell the puffball promptly closes only to open again when dry weather returns.

• The puffball is initially covered by a thick, felted, whitish layer (the exoperidium).

• The puffball grows on or in the ground in prairie or desert habitats.

• The roughly spherical to turnip-shaped puffball-like fruit bodies grow to a diameter of 624cmin 0.

• Unlike giant puffballs, which are smooth, the western giant puffball is covered with plaques or large pointed warts.