Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Puffball fungi
This is a quite impressive patch of puffball fungi frowing on a tree stump in Colinton Dell.
If you look very closely in the individual puffballs you can see the fungal spores
When rain falls on the balls, or if an animal walks over them then the spores are released into the air and dispersed to hopefully find a place to grow.
Thanks for sharing - I sometimes wish more people would open there eyes and see what is around us.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
They will probably grow in my yard!
ReplyDeletePuffballs make very good eating, I believe. All mushrooms taste essentially the same to me!
ReplyDeleteFungi glen; as ground birds harvest bugs; mushrooms.
ReplyDelete__Luvit, Juliet! _m
fascinating - and love that name 'puffball fungi' - can imagine the puffing of the spores onto the ground
ReplyDeleteHi Simon, the giant puffballs are excellent to eat, one of the few wild mushrooms i like. I've never tried these small puffballs though and not sure even if they're properly edible.
ReplyDeleteThe miracle of nature. It never ceases to amaze me. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.