Edible Mushrooms: Giant Puffball
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- Thanks to "burtontube" who pointed out to me that I should have said that puffball powder is a COAGULANT not an anticoagulant.I stand corrected!The Giant Puffball ("Calvatia gigantea") & it's smaller relatives are good mushrooms for beginners to try as they have no gills and are white inside. Their taste is rather bland so they take on the flavors of whatever they're cooked with. DON"T EAT ANY MUSHROOM UNLESS YOU ARE 100% SURE OF ITS IDENTITY!
In answer to 1too3fore's comment below : I clearly stated that a puffball has NO GILLS when cut open whereas poisonous amanitas have them. I suppose someone who is careless could confuse the smaller puffballs with amanitas but in my video I showed examples of both cut open puffballs & amanitas. PLUS I stand by what I say about GIANT puffballs--that they have no poisonous look-alikes; I've never seen an amanita around here (in MA) that even comes close in size to the giant puffball. ALSO the first thing a viewer of this video sees is a warning to never eat a mushroom unless 100% sure of its edibility…
Blanche Cybele Derby get 'em girl!
Found some of those toxic scleroderma earth balls on my place. Cut it open and that purple-black spore mass has a delicious smell, like it would be great to eat. Of course it would not. But it's good to remember that toxic, even deadly mushrooms can taste just fine..
Giant puffballs are safe. The only one I ever ate was not tasty, and I haven't had another to try. I tried some tiny pear shaped puffballs this year. Cooked fast they tasted bad. Cooked slow, they taste like potatoes. Not worth bothering with.
if only all mushroom videos were this informative! Excellent educational video. thank you.
Thanks for the compliment. Mushrooms can be tricky to id, but there's nothing like the giant puffball!
What a cool lady! Thanks for the fun and informative video!
Thanks for the compliments!
Blanche Cybele Derby
I agree with him as well. You're a cool lady.
Thank you for he video :)
José Cabo Thank you too--it's always good to get encouraging comments...
I found one in the backyard I picked it and sauté it with garlic and butter yummy
Puffballs tend to take on the flavors of whatever it is cooked with.
@@thederb720 yupper, kinda like tofu in many ways ppl say about puffballs. 🍄
Add some parmesan cheese next time! Trust me its amazing!
not sure how i got to this side of youtube but this looks very good to eat.
Give it a try AFTER you make a POSITIVE id.
i found a giant puffball at school once, i brought it home, and my mom told me to drop it since it might be poisoned. It took me 30 minutes to explain to her how it is the only mushroom that's the size of a football.
hehe. Well the more we know. My mom made me throw out the ones my aunt gave us.
These things are just big chunks of gold
To Zestria Zapax: It's perfectly safe to touch/ smell a poisonous mushroom as long as you don't put it your mouth & eat it.
Shazbat Nanoo Nanoo But what if a poisonous one tastes good (and not bitter?) What happens to that one guy who thinks that only the bitter ones are bad and ends up eating a dangerous one? Just wondering-- I know I'd never taste anything whose id I was not sure of...
Shazbat Nanoo Nanoo Was it Dave Arora who uses this method--I'm surprised if it is. I avoid eating mushrooms raw, even those button ones that are found in buffet salad bars; I think they're more digestible if cooked.
Blanche Cybele Derby Thats why I wondered if it was him because he's SO knowledgable. Lots of folks eat the buttons raw with no repercussions, but I'm not taking any chances.
Shazbat Nanoo Nanoo You're probably right but raw 'shrooms contain chitin, which is not easily digested by humans and I don't want to chance getting a tummy ache if I can avoid it… so I cook them. A friend who's a raw foodist ate some sulphur shelf mushrooms raw and had a horrible stomach pains (unfortunately he didn't ask my advice--I would have told him that he shouldn't ever do that.)
"They can be absorbed through the skin leading to the same potentially lethal effects as ingestion or inhalation." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides).
Damnit, I found a massive puffball but I didn't know it was edible and kicked the shit out of it :(
Well maybe you spread its spores & it'll produce another one!
Blanche Cybele Derby you answered to that!!!
couldve made it into a delicious cream soup instead!
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LMAO!!!!
Oh my gosh this is SO COOL! I remember finding one of these when I was little and had no idea it was in its reproductive stage. I had so much fun watching all its spores get released. I’m sooo happy to know they’re edible when white!! Thank you so much for making this video. Finding and trying this will now be on my bucket list, and hopefully I’ll get to make French toast someday : )
This mushroom is so much fun to find--there's nothing like it! Hope you can find some.
I finally found one a few weeks ago. Years ago my grandmother reccommended these as she knew i had an interest in fungi as being her pick. Now i can cultivate them in my yard! I was walking around creve couer park told someone i was hunting shrooms and she related where this one was l. She thought it was a soccerball lost in the woods. Imagine her surprise when it squshed as she stepped on it. That was how i found it.
That's how I found my first giant puffball--we were playing kickball (with a white ball) & one of the children in the outfield retrieved 2 of them, one of which was a giant puffball!
We just found one of these in a yard next to some scrubby woods in Eastern Ontario, after a 2-week dry spell just before the rain. It was delicious!
It was so big and heavy I had to give some to a friend. To reassure him about my identification I sent him the link to your excellent video! Thanks for posting it!
dope ass rhymes at the end
And those jams at the beginning? Lady, where do you get your music?
The song "Mushroom Season's Here" is from an album called "Mushroom World" by Steve Roberts.
Also featured at the beginning was the song "Puffballs" from the CD "Fungal Boogieman." Steve Roberts song is also on a CD (opps! I used the old term-- album.)
Awesome! I really want to try this mushroom. Also, WOW!!! That recipe for puff ball french toast is epic!!!! What a great idea!!!
This mushroom is epic--enough for many stir fries.
Nice informative video. Thanks. I found about 20 of these while walking my dog in a slightly wooded area. I will be freezing some for use at a later date.
Thanks! I collect spores, molds and fungus… and this was perfect!
- Egon
I like the stuff like this that I've started to identify in my own yard that are easy to identify, and free organic food! Thank you for this video, best I found on them.
Yes, many good edibles are right in people's yards!
Thanks for your positive comment.
Guess it's probably too hot where you live. if you ever come up to New England in the fall, keep an eye out for some after a rainstorm...
Thank you for putting my mind at ease. Also thank you for the song at the end. I use a similar phrase with my kids when I teach them woodcraft. I prompt them with."If you don't KNOW what it is...." and if they respond with "Don't eat it." I know I don't have to worry about them.
It's so important to make children aware of the edibles that surround them but just as necessary is for them to learn proper id. before they eat anything...
Thank you for so much information in your shows. I eat my puffballs on grilled cheese sandwiches
Your grilled cheese sandwich sandwich: good idea!
those giant puffballs are great cooked like a chicken fried steak and then use buttermilk ranch salad dressing as a dip.
thankyou for the video. we've found one in our front garden under the conifers, I'm going to pick it and fry it, can't wait!
Hope you enjoy it!
Very good video. Very informative, explicit and to the point and easy to understand with good audio. Thank you!
Thank you...I appreciate your compliments.
You are welcome. :-)
Thank you so much for your support & positive feedback! I try to make my vids informative and artistic as well. I appreciate your sub too!
It's creative how you used an 8-track monophonic receiver to make the backing music. You don't see that often these days!
Guess I'm old fashioned -or just old!:)
wonderful video full of great help for those in search of experience. thanks so much for sharing.
Learning about Giant Puffball is an easy way to be introduced into the incredible fungal world.
Often it's just a matter of knowing what to pair the mushroom(s) with. I love experimenting with different combinations of flavors.
we have those all over our yard, thanks for telling me what they are.
Oh please keep them coming! It is a pleasure to watch your videos. Makes me feel all naturey and it is because of the visuals and the info. The music helps alot too :D
I'm always happy to share what I know;glad you liked it!
Glad you liked it!
Yes-these do grow in Michigan. I have them growing in my back yard. I harvested one today and will enjoy it for dinner tonight.
I'm still waiting to find one; soon they'll appear, I hope!
You can also slice the giant puffball and freeze it with the skin.
The skin retains its own taste and consistency. I've been doing this since July. Greetings from Germany.
Thanks for the tip!
I loved this! Now I want to try some puffball! Anyone else?
I'm glad inspired you to try some.
My sister harvested one and watched your video for identification and recipe ideas. Split in two and did French toast with half and sautéed the other half and I just happened upon another one in the yard today! So cool!
I'm pleased you've found some. We haven't had much rain but last night we had a soaking, so now I'll be on the lookout to find some "puffs" of my own.
thanks! I try to choose appropriate music--glad you liked the songs.
Whoa,never saw one that huge. 😊 Yesterday I was sitting in my woods on my tarp watching the moon come out. Very cold, 🥶 but worth the chill. I dozed for a bit, woke up an a small puff ball was blown right up next to my feet. 😉 The mother plays with me like that a lot. I simply live your channel. So concise and to the point. Bravo 👏 friend 💜🕯️.
Synchronicity? Maybe you’ll find a big one soon…though if you live in the New England area, that probably won’t occur until the summer or fall…thanks for your support; your kind words inspire me to make more videos ( which take a long time to do, but I still enjoy doing them!)
@@thederb720 yeah. I occurs when I'm on the path. An I'm in middle pa. Much respect an gratitude for the work. It may just save a life. 🕯️💜
awww I love the puff ball cat lol
So do I; he's now in cat heaven, playing with many puffballs , large & small...
I’ve come here to learn what a giant puffball mushroom is, following a blog post. I’ve never seen anything like that and I’m not sure they’d grow in Europe - but it was a fantastic and very informative video. Congratulations to your careful, very clear and beautifully made work!
It supposedly does grow in Europe so keep looking! perhaps there's a mycological group near where you live that you could join; maybe some of the members know where they can be found.
thank you so much for identifying those shroom w/the purple insides. I just found them and thought they were old Puffballs & was going to try to reproduce! I haven't found any the last several years.
My Dad used to find gigantic ones & we grew up on them. Wish he were here, and glad I found your video. Peace & thanks again.
I feel so educated on puffball mushrooms now thanks for this video!
I hope you can find a giant one!
Love your channel. I saw puffballs when I live in the eastern area. Many of puffballs came out after rains. I did not know they were edible, but I spent time observing them as I was curious about what they were. It was fun time for me and my son! Thanks for reminding me about the beautiful memories.
Yes mushroom love rain & Puffballs are no exception. They tend to like open areas like fields unlike many other mushrooms that appear in the woods. The giant ones are certainly a treat to find, especially for children!
Mhmmm, enjoyed mine saute'd in butter, onion and butternut squash and served on toast. So good. I also found a tiny brown one of the poisonous black inside. Now I know what it is!
Sounds like a good way to cook them!
I've even used large slices of puffball, battered & fried them ( pressing down on them to remove excess water) then used them as mini pizza crusts. I cover them with tomatoes cheese ,olives, etc,etc & then put them in the oven like pizza. It's a novel way to serve them!
EXCELLENT VIDEO........I AM SHOUTING TO PARALLEL THE HUGENESS OF THE PUFFBALL................I AM NOW MAKING A MUSHROOM SCARECROW THAT RESEMBLES MY BALD UNCLE. TYVM for an AWESOME VIDEO. You learn something new everyday.
Thanks, Nancy! I too love morels but they're pretty rare here.
I appreciate the video Blanche! I just found a whole bunch of puffballs at our camp in the white mountains. While looking at them, I noticed one that looked just slightly different. I cut it open, and sure enough, it was the pigskin poison puffball you mentioned in the video. I would have had no idea if not for your video!
This is a beautiful video! Makes me feel so good to see people making the most of this wonderful earth
thank you for your nice video i found under a tree in egypt and search for it alot now i ,ll eat it happyly
Wow! It was in Egypt; guess its spores are seeding them around the world!
Thank you! I appreciate your support...
Yes, I freeze excess ones. Just had my first "Puffball French toast" of the season--soooo good
I just found these in my yard. I thought it was a foam ball but I guess it was a giant puffball. Glad they're okay because I just stepped on it and squished it around. I've never seen them before
They're certainly unique!
This video was simultaneously really informative and really 90s.
Ha!! Guess it's the music???
They certainly aren't hard to miss! Now that you know what they are, I hope you enjoy them even more...
Yum! Love this recipe! Didn't know that I can freeze the puffballs. Many thanks again!
Great info on usage , processing and storage. I just collected a soccer ball sized one and this video was exactly what I needed. Kudos to Egon Spengler in one of the other comments. Bang on lol
Did you enjoy it? Hope so!
Pretty entertaining stuff!
This was really interesting and informative! I wanna go find a puffball to eat now... omg that recipe with the pears and maple sounds amazing
Usually I find giant ones beginning in late August but they may appear before that where you live--keep looking...
Thanks for the compliment! The giant ones are unmistakable--no poisonous lookalikes for them...
What a great video! thank you.
Thank you so much!
When I was growing up, we used to find these in the woods by my parents' house. They're yummy. We'd just cube them up and saute. The next time i find one, I'll try the French toast thing.
You must have had parents who knew their mushrooms…when I was growing up, the only mushrooms my parents would eat were those from the supermarket.
This was great fun. I'm going to try puffballs this year. They grow in my woods.
It's always a surprise when I find one of these giant mushrooms.
Thanks for the video! I will try freezing the ones I've found in my yard. I had no idea what it was, but I am pleasantly surprised to find it is edible. Your video is very clear and informative.
good luck!
how did i reach here
Used to find these while walking through the woods, would bring it home and the family would have them at dinner. YUM! They don't keep well so freeze or share.
Wow, this video is really calming. I enjoy listening to the voice.
Thank you...
You have a news voice! Great commentary to mushrooms very good information.
+oddsource Thanks! Hope you can find some "puffys" of your own!
+Blanche Cybele Derby are those able to grow in other countries? 4 climate zones or what climate do they grow in?
I found a huge puffball mushroom today at work. I brought it home and cooked it. It was really good with garlic and butter
I haven't found one this season! instead I've found loads of Hen of the Woods (Maitakes)...
I really like your video. It was clear and simple. Unfortunately, there seem to be no puffball in Tampa, Florida :( I luv to eat mushroom. Thanks again for the video.
I found two of these while hiking deep off the trail in a nature park today. There was one massive one about the size of the one by the cat, and a smaller one next to it. They looked like the spotted ones you showed though. there were no others around anywhere aside from those 2. so it really confused me as to what they were. when i poked the smaller one and opened it, it was a mustard color with the appearing of old dry foam, which turned to dust as i poked it. the dust scared me as i didn't know if it carried any sort of poison so we left immediately. judging by your video I assume it was merely an old puffball gone bad. Thank you for the information! i learned something new today.
You were right--the smaller one was an old one and the yellowish dust was its spores--not poisonous. Did you poke or open the big one? If it was pure white inside it would have been quite a find but if the inside was at all yellowy, it would have been too old.
Wow that’s a big wild mushroom . It’s can eat? Nice sharing this video.
yes, you can eat it!
That's a good way to cook them.I enjoy them with a little maple syrup & pear slices (like I showed in my video) but other toppings can be added instead.
I love the cat! Gorgeous!
so do I--he's an excellent model!
wow...i.was skipping classes with freinds and found this in the woods a couple years back, i threw it in my freinds balls...should of kept it
Could you eat it like you would a hamburger patty? Like salt and pepper and other spices, cooked in butter and make a meatless hamburger
I don't see why not--good idea! Puffballs are mild tasting & would probably benefit from additional flavorings.
Fabulous video, so informative, many thanks.
+June O'Donnell And thank you for your compliments!
Yes, you definitely have to proceed with caution re mushroom edibility. The giant version of Puffball is pretty foolproof to id because it's so much larger than any other mushroom.
I have one of these grow in the same spot in my yard every year . The thing is massive . I never knew it was edible . I usually pick it and take down the road to the nature preserve where they put it in one of there display cabinets .
Now you can try eating it!
Just last week I mowed over a ripe huge puffball! Dang! I never knew you could eat them I'll have to talk to some local experts to see if that was the right kind to eat. I would love to try it!
Thanks so much--for your praise & for your sub!
Great video, love the idea of incorporating the fungi into Parmesan!
eating puff ball mushroom soup right now!
Hmmm...I never tried that--sounds intriguing.
Wouldn't an anti-coagulant prevent blood clotting?
You're right-- I meant coagulant, NOT anti coagulant! (Check out my correction that I made under my intro to this video.)
That was so interesting and informative. I've only seen the giant puffball at it's reproductive stage. I always wondered what kind of mushroom it was. I loved to stomp on them when I was a kid to see the "smoke" come out of them. Thanks for the video :-)
thanks. I like morel hunting in the spring. I have seen these many times in my days but always thought they were poison. im gonna walk down the railroad tracks this fall. ive seen many there in the past. thanks for the video.
central il.old dump site, honeysuckle bushes and hedge a few black locust relatively low area, thick cover. this bloom is in fall every year
just found two in my neighbors yard..I skinned them and sliced them into large pieces. Gonna sautee them with some butter, olive oil, garlic and onions..along side some meatloaf..My first time trying one so hope its as good as everyone says it is.
prolly a little late now but if the lawn had anything done to it chem wise mushrooms can soak that stuff up, a trip to the woods might be better for tasty treats
Robby Cooper Good point Robby--always check if chemicals have been sprayed on the lawn-- if in doubt when picking from a lawn, ask the people if they spray. Many folks don't like mushrooms, so if they don't spray, they'd probably give the ok to take the 'shrooms...
Blanche Cybele Derby Robby--I have no idea why a line appeared in my above comment--ignore it, I did not mean to cross it out...
I love this video, thank you :) The next time I find one, I am going to try your French toast recipe along with fried plantain (the vegetable that's mistaken for a banana). I stumbled upon one of these in a nearby woods several years ago; didn't know it's edible, and I look forward to finding them again!
I found some basketball size ones while I was working in the forest today. Came across this video, and I will be checking tomorrow to see if they are puffballs. I'm hoping that they are!
Usually there are no poisonous lookalikes if a mushroom is that size so there's a good chance you've found some. Cut one open to check there are NO gills & that the inside isn't yellowish or too soft...
Right now! Especially after it rains. They're most plentiful in Sept-November here in Massachusetts.
Thank you for echoing my warnings. It's not worth getting sick-or worse;remember-- you can eat anything once but that may the last time you eat anything!
Great video. Thanks. If only there weren't so many poisonous mushrooms. It sounds like it would be a lot of fun to look for them and eat them. I used to find these puffball ones at my old house in Western MA. I remember the first time I saw one, I thought it was an old, deflated soccer ball, and tried picking it up. It squished, and send spores flying everywhere.
Thanks for your support & sub! Glad you liked my video.
That's part of the problem--you CAN'T judge a mushroom's edibility by the way it looks...
Since I was a kid I eat them every summer, all she said is the same thing we do to classify and pick the correct ones. I've never got poison!
Not all people are as careful as you are; that's why I showed the ones to avoid.
size:1.5 meters
Tamanho:1.5 metro
Weigh:20 kg
Peso:20 kg
I never measured the ones I've found...
great video, on point and informative. Puffballs are also one of the very few mushrooms that can be safely eaten raw - I remember when I used to go mushroom picking with my dad back in the day we used to pick the small young ones, peel them and eat them as snacks while out in the woods. Happy times :) You're right that french toast is the best way to cook them though. I also heard you can cut them into thin sticks and deep fry them (sort of like french fries) but never tried that.
I usually advise people not to ear mushrooms raw because some get upset stomachs but clearly you survived the experience & have fond memories of doing it! Deep frying--as much as it makes everything taste better--is not a particularly healthy way to go; but I suppose for a special occasion it would be ok. Guess I"ll stick with French toast (which is also fried), just not in as much fat...
Blanche Cybele Derby i ate a raw golden oak shitakie mushroom once😳 not good times
Right now! Especially after it rains. they're most plentiful in Sept-November in Massachusetts.
I'm envious! For some reason I haven't found any this year...
I was wondering what those were all my life. Thank you.
I usually only find one per season but it's so big that I can freeze some for later.