10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUFFBALL»
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At least she has no reason to doubt Richard's love for her – or does she? With wit, wisdom, and a little dose of witchery, Fay Weldon reveals the conflicts that arise from the eternal struggle between male and female.
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Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-kitchen Guide
The characteristic puffs of smoke produced when a mature puffball is touched or
stepped on always delight children. This "smoke" is actually a cloud of spores.
Puffballs differ from most other mushrooms in that they produce their spores as
an ...
David W. Fischer, Alan E. Bessette, 2010
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The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook: A Forager's Culinary Guide (in ...
Calvatia cyathiformis THE PURPLE-SPORE PUFFBALL IS A LARGE, roundish
puffball in the group of larger puffballs called Calvatia (see page 403 for a
description of puff- balls). Often somewhat flattened, it grows from 2% to 7 inches
across ...
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Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the ...
48 Vase-shaped puffball Calvatia cyathiformis (Bosc) Morgan (cal-VAY-sha sye-a
-thih-FOR-miss) You may wake up one late summer morning and see what looks
like large tan cobblestones scattered about your lawn. Before you scold the ...
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HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY
OBSERVATIONS - 1. Where did you find the puffball? On what was it growing?
Were there many growing in company? Remove the puffball, and examine the
place where it stood with a lens to find the matted and crisscrossed fungus
threads.
ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK, 2010
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Texas Mushrooms: A Field Guide
In Texas, mushroom hunting can be a year-round, state-wide activity, and with this enticing field guide, collecting, identifying, and preparing wild mushrooms will become an activity the entire family can enjoy while appreciating the beauty ...
Susan Metzler, Van Metzler, 2010
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Planning Scenery for Your Model Railroad: How to Use Nature ...
Poly fiber “puffball” trees on toothpicks and a handful of foam rock castings were
sufficient “detail” to convey the feeling of a towering ridge on one side of the
valley carved out by Coal Fork. At the base of the ridge near the tracks, the
puffball ...
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Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares: The Love, Lore, and ...
puffball is composed of gleba––spores and the hyphae needed to support their
growth––surrounded by a thin envelope of skin and, in some species, a base or
column of sterile tissue to raise the spore mass above the surface of the ground.
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Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States: A ...
When old and dry, the upper, spore-filled portion can be stomped to release
spores. But it eventually weathers away, leaving a dusty, purple base that can
persist until next year's puffball season. Stomping on the weathered base
produces ...
Joe McFarland, Gregory M. Mueller, 2009
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American Indian Cooking: Recipes from the Southwest
puffball ALSO CALLED: Stomach fungus and mushroom. SCIENTIFIC NAMES:
Lycoperdon perlatum and L. pyriforme. HABITAT and DESCRIPTION: Puffballs
are found throughout the West growing singly or in clusters in the rich soil of
forests ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUFFBALL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
puffball is used in the context of the following news items.
Bears add touch of peril to hiker's puffball pursuit
Why, searching for puffballs. Not just any puffball, I was looking for Calvatia booniana. You see I have this dream, a dream of finding the biggest puffball in the ... «Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jul 15»
Soft-skinned but they bellow
While most puffballs are edible when they are young and the flesh is white right through the centre, this is not the case with the stalked puffballs which are tough ... «The Southland Times, Jun 15»
Blake Lively dons yellow puffball dress at Beijing press conference
The 27-year-old, who recently welcomed her first child into the world with Ryan Reynolds, dressed her lean and slender frame in a dramatic yellow puffball dress ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
Almanac: Skull-shaped puffball
Scientific name: Calvatia craniiformis. Description: Only the goblet-shaped overwintering base of this specimen found at Glacial Lakes State Park remains, ... «St. Cloud Times, Apr 15»
Giant puffball sprouts in Hougang
BEST NOT TO EAT: The giant puffball mushroom is a common sight after it rains but it is unclear if they are toxic to humans. The smallest ones are about the size ... «AsiaOne, Nov 14»
Rare fungus found in Welsh peat bog
A rare fungus previously unseen in Wales has been found in a peat bog in Powys. The fen puffball, or Bovista paludosa, was uncovered during a survey of the ... «BBC News, Oct 14»
Alex James: a great year for puffball mushrooms
I found a fairy ring of giant puffballs during our first autumn here. Cut into chunky slices, then dipped in egg and fried, they are delicious. They taste like meat with ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
From goldcrest to pestle puffball, the latest sightings at RSPB …
After much head scratching, we decided that it was most likely to be a pestle puffball. However, if any of you don't agree, please comment below as we are not ... «Cambridge News, Sep 14»
100 years ago: Soporific qualities of the giant puffball
The common puff-ball, especially when it has exploded and thrown abroad its brown spores, does not look attractive, and few people attempt to eat it, but the ... «The Guardian, Jul 14»
It's Official: Excerpt Shows Diane Sawyer Gave Hillary Clinton …
It's Official: Excerpt Shows Diane Sawyer Gave Hillary Clinton Another Puffball Interview. By Tim Graham | June 7, 2014 | 9:38 AM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. «NewsBusters, Jun 14»
