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Calvatia gigantea, Giant Puffball, Prospect Park.
We’re about a mile walk along Eastern Parkway, a lovely tree- and bench-lined path to all sorts of Brooklyn attractions, the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Library, and my favorite, the lovely Prospect Park. Off I go to root around and see what I find in the park. I’ve started to volunteer to do litter pickup in the forest too so I can see what’s out there. Sometimes I hafta remove some pretty nasty things (with my long-reaching tongs of course) to uncover some mushrooms. Ahhh, New York City!
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- Calvatia gigantea, Giant Puffball, Prospect Park.
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- Mutinus caninus, dog stinkhorns, in various stages of victory and defeat
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- Sulfer Shelf, chicken of the woods, Laetiporus sulphureus, Prospect Park
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- A stout Dog Stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus
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- Dog Stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus, catches the light just right.
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- a shriveled Dog Stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus by the end of the day
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- Dog Stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus in all stages of victory and defeat
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- puffballs!
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- puffball with a little mycelium
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- a puffball that is entirely solidly white inside is supposed to be good eatin’
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- mystery mushrooms in leaf litter
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- fuzzy white things
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- puffballs look like they’re tumbling out of a fall harvest basket
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- Coprinus micaceus, Mica inky caps clamoring for the camera
While doing litter pick up in Prospect Park, I thought this weird thing (picture below) was discarded styrofoam trash. It’s a giant puffball!! I tumbled it around and it had a little root like thing underneath. I couldn’t believe it. Apparently if it is solidly white inside, which it looks like it is, it’s good eating. But someone has gotten to it first it seems! I’ve seen at least 2 or 3 of these in Prospect Park. Really odd ball things.
