3.5K views · 88 reactions | Pear-shaped puffball is a unique type of fungus fruiting body (mushroom). The ball is the spore sac and when young is completely solid inside. As it matures, the inside transforms into a mass of black powder. That powder are the spores and they will emerge from the puffball when the outside is touched. The spores will then travel by wind to produce more fungus. -NS, Naturalist | Cleveland Metroparks | Facebook

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🍄🤯IT’S PUFFBALL SEASON! Follow Vegancuts for more! Video and recipe by PlantYou 💖 Have YOU ever seen a puffball mushroom before?! They can typically be found in the late summer and early fall in North America in farmer’s fields and golf courses! They make an amazing crispy chickn’. Ingredients: 1 puffball mushroom, sliced into "steaks", peeled 1 cup aquafaba 1 cup breadcrumbs ½ cup hot sauce Instructions: Clean your mushrooms of any debris or insects. Slice them into "steaks" and peel off the