Key Identification Features
- Round to pear-shaped puffball
- outer surface white when young becoming yellow to ochre
- flesh pure white when young and edible, yellow when mature (spores)
- no gills
- no stem or very short
Preparation Notes
Edible only when flesh is pure white inside; slice in half to confirm; cook thoroughly; do not eat if any coloration has begun inside
Regions Found
Region data not available
Look-Alikes
No documented look-alikes on record.
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