Giant puffball mushrooms or Calvatia gigantean are ... they mature to develop shallow craters or irregular cracks and become yellowish-green inside. They can be eight to 20 inches wide and tall.

The mushroom’s thin outer layer flakes away over time to reveal yellow to green-brown spores inside. Moraitis said the designation of the giant puffball as the Illinois State Mushroom is a proud ...

As puffballs mature, their outer layers flake to reveal yellow and green spores. So as to the other symbols—why a white-tailed deer for the state animal, when the Chicago Bears, not the Chicago ...

The green-leaf trees that had been with us since mid-May spent the previous couple weeks in their autumn attire. During the early days of October, this arboreal show was hard to ignore.

Donation Options Search Search Search Nate Lyons with an immense puffball found while hunting mushrooms. Provided Share Chicago Public School teacher Megan Ali and her boyfriend Nate Lyons ...

Do you remember when you were a kid and came upon a puffball in the woods? How much fun it was to squeeze them and puff out that cloud of spores? I still enjoy doing this. I figure I’m giving ...

HE SAYS THIS LOOKS LIKE A GIANT PUFFBALL MUSHROOM. THE PUFFBALLS ARE DENSE, SPONGY, AND BRIGHT WHITE ON THE INSIDE. <TOSS TO FINAL WEATHER A mushroom the size of a soccer ball was found in a ...