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Puffballs

Lycoperdon perlatum

Photo by Johnathon D
Published on Project Noah
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Dan Doucette
Those aren't magic mushrooms by any means. Do not try to eat those! You'll get a lungful of spores. These are a type of puffball. Tap them to see spores/smoke come out of the hole in the top.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2013

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