Post by Wynette:
Yesterday on our crazy walk into Bares, I spotted this at my feet:
I’m sure you can guess what I thought it was. But it looked kind of dry so I poked it with my pole and it didn’t budge. I looked at it more carefully and finally realized it was a mushroom. I called Charlie over. We spotted another clump.
I wondered if they could be truffles. But Charlie said “Aren’t truffles usually under the soil?”
Have you ever seen mushrooms like these?
Later that evening I looked to see what Google Lens could tell me about them. It pointed me to an article about Horse Dung Fungus which says they are not-yet-ripe puff balls. I found out that it is called Bohemian Truffle in Europe, but it is inedible. Evidently they are amazing on the inside according to a Scientific American article I found about them.
Even if they were deemed edible, I might hesitate before taking a bite. Nature turns out some strange looking stuff.
Can’t be too careful with mushrooms!