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mushrooms foraging guide Meadow Puffball (Vascellum pratense)

Meadow Puffball (Vascellum pratense) 436 Meadow Puffball (Vascellum pratense) 438 Meadow Puffball (Vascellum pratense) 440 Meadow Puffball (Vascellum pratense) 441 Meadow Puffball (Vascellum pratense) 442

Edibility

Edibility: edible.

Eating notes: only eat if completely white when cut-through vertically.

Preserving: Doesn't keep; should be eaten within a couple of days of picking

Season

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Frequency

Common

Description

Fruit body: size 2-5cm; colour white / cream, yellowing later.

Stem: distinct sterile base.

Spores: olive-brown.

Flesh: colour white when young; later brown.

Habitat: found in pasture growing singly or insmall groups.

Frequency: common.