CHICAGO (WCIA) — Following an initiative led by Wheaton elementary school students, Governor JB Pritzker named the Calvatia gigantea — also known as the “giant puffball” — as the official mushroom of ...

Giant puffball mushrooms, or Calvatia gigantea, are a popular and recognizable edible mushroom. Puffballs are round with a white interior and exterior and grow on small, barely noticeable stems. The ...

ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON "STAR TREK" AND "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND." AFTER SUCH A WET SUMMER MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD MUSHROOMS POP UP THEIR YARD. THAT INCLUDES THIS HUGE MUSHROOM FOUND IN ...

@Body Ragged Right:Who left that soccer ball on the front lawn? Come on, you know it didn’t just grow there. @Body Ragged Right:Pretending to confuse a giant puffball mushroom with a soccer ball (or ...

A mushroom the size of a soccer ball was found in a New Hampshire backyard amid a "banner year" for the fungus. University of New Hampshire home horticulture program manager Sean O'Brien said the ...

BRAINERD — Move over morels. Step aside chicken of the woods. A different edible mushroom is taking center stage this fall. At least that’s what happened recently for Bay Lake area resident Sheryl ...