Puffball mushrooms are some of the funniest-looking mushrooms in nature because they are perfectly round and do not have a cap or a stem like other mushrooms. They look like smooth, white balls just sitting on the ground! Puffballs can be as tiny as a marble or as enormous as a beach ball.
- The most amazing thing about puffball mushrooms is what happens when they get old.
- As a puffball dries out, the inside fills up with trillions of tiny spores.
- If you step on it or a raindrop lands on it, a big “puff” of spores shoots out like a cloud of brown smoke!
- A single giant puffball can hold over seven trillion spores inside it.
- Remember: NEVER touch or eat any wild mushroom unless a grown-up who knows about mushrooms says it is safe!
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