What is a giant sponge?

The giant sponge or Calvatia gigantea is an edible sponge that is located abundantly on meadows, deciduous forests and fields around the world. While the flavor of a giant puff mushroom is somewhat bland, the mushrooms have a thick, fleshy texture and very easily absorb tastes, making them popular edible. Farmers' markets can have huge mushrooms in the season, as well as some special shops. If you are an experienced mushroom hunter, you can also collect them. When it is ready to eat, the giant sponge begins to burst slightly and reveals the blinding white interior. Within a few days the spores in the interior will ripen and the sponge will start to move and become inedible. If the fungus is to dry out, it will release a quick kick a abundant dust cloud, as many Woods-Walkers have learned.

In many cases, a giant thin fungus can closely approach a football ball and can weigh up to £ 40 (20 kilograms). When the sliced ​​is open, the giant sponge will be pure white, without a trace of gills. Mushrooms should be cropped to remove badportions and shaken about dirt if they eat. If you want to save huge mushrooms on Puffball for later, cook them before they free them, because they don't get well when they are raw, and don't bother to dry out.

mushrooms can be sliced ​​and marinated as other fleshy mushrooms and can also be added to soups, stews and sauces. When cooking, the texture is very similar to tofu and mushrooms are very dense and satisfactory. Many people like to add them to meals that intend to freeze because cooked mushrooms will be well in the freezer for several months in the freezer.

Numerous coughs are edible when they are young and some of them are quite tasty. However, a few poisonous mushrooms look like mushrooms when they are young. Therefore, it is extremely important to identify the sponge on Puffball before harvesting and consuming. If your skills are fungal identification weak, try to take a class or guide tour and collect mushrooms and always check your findings with someoneným. It is known that mushroom identifiers also miss clouds, so they require more caution than some other edible mushroom species.