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Fungi
A white ball the size of a football sitting in pasture or open woods.
Field facts
HabitatPastures, old fields, woodland edges
RangeStatewide
When to lookAugust to October
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesImmature Amanita eggs — deadly
Field note: Always slice a puffball open: pure white inside, with no outline of a gilled mushroom.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Leave mature brown ones to release spores; they are inedible anyway.
Any pattern or gills inside may mean a deadly young Amanita.
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