Comments on: Puffball? Or Langermania giganteum

By: Alyzabeth

Alyzabeth — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:37:20 +0000

Wow, that is pretty cool. I've never seen one of those before.

By: Joyce H.

Joyce H. — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:22:32 +0000

Growing up in North Carolina, we had these in our yard all the time. My sister figured out we could eat them. I think she read it in the Foxfire series of books. But, yes, they were the most fun when they matured a bit more and you could pop them, sending the spores shooting everywhere!

By: Mary López

Mary López — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:39:20 +0000

Hi, I saw today's show and would like to know more about Kathy Pufahl greenhouse. I wasn't able to find anything here. I am in Puebla Mexico.
Thank you very much

By: Sue K

Sue K — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:42:53 +0000

I recently had a large puffball appear in my yard, as well, and posted a photo on my blog. It actually got larger than what I show in the photo I posted. Since my husband said he wouldn't eat any if I cooked it, I left it alone.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:33:36 +0000

Wow those are neat! I don't know if I have ever seen them before. Very interesting!

By: Tammy

Tammy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:37:21 +0000

Wow, I have never seen a puffball before.
Amazing! But, I must say they remind me of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers' pods. Very spooky. Perfect for Halloween!

By: Teresa C. Cordell

Teresa C. Cordell — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:25:06 +0000

Those puff balls are amazing! They almost look alien. Wouldn't that be a hoot? Too bad nothing grows in my backyard. I would have already taken a picture and sent it to the Enquirer.

By: Sandi Andersen

Sandi Andersen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:26:13 +0000

I think I should take a walk into the woods behind our house and see what I might find. We lived near the city for more than 30 years so the puffballs that occasionally came up in the yard were not the edible kind. But my mother and dad used to go "mushroom hunting" when I was a kid and I wonder now that we live in the country if I might find some "right in my own back yard"!!

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:19:17 +0000

AMAZING!

By: Claudia Hill

Claudia Hill — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:20:20 +0000

Martha,
Thanks so much for the information on Puffballs. We had one last year and the other day I discovered three on the edge of our property. I didn't know what kind of fungi they were. Now I do. I think they are rather wonderful - almost from another world. Our Puffballs are really big this year, much bigger than last.