The puffballs are edible when the interior gleba is still firm and white.
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Eventually, the puffballs explode into a fine powder compared to cotton candy.
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Mature puffballs release their powdery spores through the ostiole when they are compressed by touch or falling raindrops.
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Nutritional analysis indicates that the puffballs are a good source of protein, carbohydrates, fats, and several micronutrients.
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The distinguishing feature of all puffballs is that they do not have an open cap with spore-bearing gills.
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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.
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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.
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At maturity, the entire fruit body may become detached from the ground, and the spores spread as thepuffballis blown around like a tumbleweed.
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Recommended cooking techniques forpuffballslices include sauting and coating in batter before frying.
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They settled on a mostly white design, with black piping and apuffballskirt.
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During every rainy spell thepuffballpromptly closes only to open again when dry weather returns.
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Thepuffballis initially covered by a thick, felted, whitish layer (the exoperidium).
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Thepuffballgrows on or in the ground in prairie or desert habitats.
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The roughly spherical to turnip-shapedpuffball-like fruit bodies grow to a diameter of 624cmin 0.
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Unlike giant puffballs, which are smooth, the western giantpuffballis covered with plaques or large pointed warts.
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