Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Mushroom

At the top of the hill on my Marcil Creek hike, I came across this thing.  I thought, someone was playing golf all he way up here, with deformed balls!  It's a mushroom.  Haven't seen any like this before.  It was there all alone:

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  1. ClareSeptember 1, 2010 at 2:53 PM

    Its a puffball, not uncommon here. Travis delights in stepping on the ones that have gone to spore, making little green-brown clouds swirl up from the ground.

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  2. NancySeptember 1, 2010 at 5:48 PM

    So that's a puffball in it's pre-spore days... cool! Don't think I ever saw one before. I saw a couple of them that had gone to spore, and I have to confess I share Travis's passion for crushing them.

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  3. EricSeptember 1, 2010 at 9:36 PM

    I have one in the back yard... only thing is that its almost the size of a soccer ball. Will take a picture soon and post to my blog.

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