Went ahead and sliced it open. This is not a puffball, based on what I'm reading it's probably an earthball. Might be Scleroderma polyrhizum "dead man's hand" or Scleroderma michiganense "potato earthball." Either way, not going to eat this one!

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Google image search tells me that's either an earth puffball or a piece of bread with black garlic on it.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 6 months ago

Mmmm...forbidden black garlic

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Eat it

[–] protist@mander.xyz 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Was hoping for an ID from an anonymous source on Lemmy first

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Whether or not it kills you will help us identify it

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 6 points 6 months ago

But how will we know whether it killed OP or they forgot about the post

[–] marmotworks@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 6 months ago

I see these occasionally, north of Utopia

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 7 points 6 months ago

Puffballs! Step on them when really dry and they make a satisfying POP under your foot

[–] OtisRamflow@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

App on my phone says Hard-Skinned Puffball

[–] fullstackhipster@awful.systems 1 points 4 months ago

Looks like some sort of Bovista (puffball) to me.