Puffball Mushroom

If All the Spores of a Single Giant Puffball Mushroom Had a 100% Germination Success, Followed by the Same for Its Offspring, the Resulting Mass of Fungi Would Amount to 800 Times the Volume of Earth.

Puffballs are an unusual type of fungi. They don’t have the typical mushroom cap and stem and look quite different from any other mushroom we are used to seeing. But did you know how many puffball mushrooms would exist on 100% germination success?  If all of the spores of a single giant puffball mushroom germinated […]

If All the Spores of a Single Giant Puffball Mushroom Had a 100% Germination Success, Followed by the Same for Its Offspring, the Resulting Mass of Fungi Would Amount to 800 Times the Volume of Earth. Read More »