Posted: Sep 27, 2008, 5:55 PM CST
Hello ladies & thanks for the responses.
Yeah these are huge 9" in diameter, there is no Amanita that large.
Not in the states anyway.
They have to be older and ready to drop spores to poof when you kick them. These are very fresh and firm(ha that oughta get a guy or 2 in here), some are still fist size. If ya have asthma, breathing the spores could be deadly, possibly. I think I read that in an average
sized puffball(of this variety) there are 7 trillion spores.
I believe you are correct about muscaria, be careful, too many of those can put you in a deep sleep, almost coma . I think this is the one that one of the Caesers was killed with. His wife wiped off the white
flakes/warts and fed them to him as Amanita caesarea, which were his favorite.
I was just wondering if anybody had a good recipe.
I'm sure there are the blue bruisers here too, sadly I don't know which ones for sure.
Hey Ms. Trish!
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