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Peeling Puffball
A small, often flattened puffball of sandy, poor soils. Its white coat of short spines peels away in irregular sheets or chunks, exposing a smooth brown inner skin. This peeling is its most distinctive field mark.
Edibility disputed; not recommended. Some sources call it edible but insubstantial when young; others call it poisonous. A reported use in Mexico to produce auditory hallucinations has no known chemical basis. Slice every puffball top to bottom before eating: it must be pure white and uniform inside. A cap-and-gill outline means a young Amanita egg, possibly deadly (amatoxins); a firm, thick-skinned ball that is purple-black inside is a poisonous Scleroderma earthball.
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