It’s the mushroom season! I stumbled upon these spiky looking white balls today. They’re quite common in the forest where I usually take a walk.
If you’re not too familiar with these mushrooms, you might recognise Common Puffballs once they get older. Their colour changes to a dull grey and a hole at the top opens up. Raindrops, wind or movement from a passing animal cause the mushroom to puff out its spores in a fine cloud of brown powder.
This one is already a bit bigger but still not in time to release the spores.
I was surprised to find out that this type of fungi is edible too, you just have to remove the skin because it’s a bit tough.
I didn’t pick them because they were really cute and I thought it would be a shame to not let them live their natural life and produce more of these fluffy balls.
Happy autumn, everyone!