0 a large, white, round fungus that can be eaten --
1 a skirt that has a rounded shape because it is gathered (= pulled together in folds) in at the bottom --
Unlike giant puffballs, which are smooth, the western giant puffball is covered with plaques or large pointed warts.
The roughly spherical to turnip-shaped puffball-like fruit bodies grow to a diameter of 624cmin 0.
The puffball grows on or in the ground in prairie or desert habitats.
The puffball is initially covered by a thick, felted, whitish layer (the exoperidium).
During every rainy spell the puffball promptly closes only to open again when dry weather returns.
They settled on a mostly white design, with black piping and a puffball skirt.
Recommended cooking techniques for puffball slices include sauting and coating in batter before frying.
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.
