CHICAGO (WCIA) — Following an initiative led by Wheaton elementary school students, Governor JB Pritzker named the Calvatia gigantea — also known as the “giant puffball” — as the official mushroom of ...

It’s peak puffball season and if you know your mushrooms or know someone who does, you may be gifted with one or two of these mysterious but delicious fungi. The Giant Puffball (Calvatia Gigantea) ...

An 84-year-old mushroom picker from Ontario has become a bit of a social-media sensation after finding a giant puffball in the woods. Don Smith was walking his daughter's dog on his 100-acre property ...

If Liz Landes hadn't spent so much time foraging for mushrooms this year near Haines, Alaska, she might have missed the mycological discovery of the season. "I just happened to look up onto the grassy ...

Retired pipefitter Mike Ode Sr., looked into his backyard in rural Taylor Ridge and saw something he'd never seen before — a giant fungal growth about as big as two bowling balls sitting side by side.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- What do the white oak, the northern red cardinal, the white-tailed deer, the eastern tiger salamander, the violent, the painted turtle, the mineral fluorite, the bluegill fish, big ...

(WJW) – Have you spotted them? According to enthusiasts with the Ohio Mushroom Society, giant puffball mushrooms are fruiting profusely in NE Ohio right now thanks to ideal weather conditions. They ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (KFVS) - On Monday, Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill that named the official mushroom of the state of Illinois. Calvatia gigantea, commonly known as the “giant puffball,” is now the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WJW) – Have you spotted them? According to ...