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went to tring herts 29-04-2011 g.ood chalky soil but no rain=no morrells or st-georges. bring on the rain.

robert fraser 14-05-2011

I only ever found a large group of brown old puffballs (looked like severed, rotting human skulls) right next to where i live(Ham nr Richmond) but they dont seamed to have reproduced this year! or that Petersham nursaries nabbed them, as its round the corner.But did taste a piece given to me and wasa bit disappointed, spongy and consistency of foam. Amazingly light though maybea new building material??

kevin archer 26-09-2010

Unfortunately, John, the cropping area finally petered out a few years ago and I've seen none since.

They were great sliced thinly and fried with fatty smoked bacon and sandwiched between crust bread. They soaked up the fat and flavour of the bacon lovely! A little bit of what you like in the way of sauce too.... that's brown for me.

Pip Taylor 09-08-2010

Thanks Pip - you are my first comment!

The site looks good but is pretty content free at the moment - still getting to grips with how to drive it! And I have a lot of stuff to put on it.

Quite right about the Puffballs - they are an amazing discovery every time you see one. The exception, of course, is once you find your patch - then you look every year.

John 03-08-2010

Hi John, nice new web page I see. Well done!

Interesting to hear about the early Puff Balls. I haven't seen any for years. I used to collect them every year from the same area much to the amazement (and distrust) of my friends. My first encounter was when out foraging with my father. As we approached a stile he was telling me about them and I suggested, in my youthful exuberance, that we go look for them. He replied "You don't look for Puff Balls, Pip, you just find them." At that moment I climbed over the style and there, to my utter amazement, was a perfect specimen. I still remember the satisfaction I felt as I pulled the taught, drum like fungus off it's cup of grass. My Dad still maintains it was chance and not by design that we found it.

http://www.grytpype.co.uk/Home.html

Pip Taylor 03-08-2010

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