Giant Puffball
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 12th October 2023 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode.
Fact File


Giant Puffball.
Species:
Order:
Family:
A.K.A. 		Calvatia gigantea.
Agaricales.
Agaricaceae.
Habitat:
Cap Diameter:
Stem:
Season:
Edibility:

Feature:
 		Meadows, fields, and deciduous forests.
From 10 to 80 cms.
10 - 50 cms tall.
Late Summer - Autumn.
Edible - although ensure that any Giant Puffballs that you gather for food are fresh and white throughout.
Puffballs are a known styptic and have long been used as wound dressing, either in powdered form or as slices 3 cm thick. The fungus was often harvested prior to battles for this purpose.
When picking any fungus for consumption, caution should be exercised at all times.