Almost definitely puffballs, one of my favorite mushrooms to forage. Though I've never had ones this big and I hear they lose a bit of flavor if they're giant.

If you cut a *(vertical) cross section and it's a uniform texture with nothing that looks like the structure of a classic capped mushroom that should rule out any lookalikes. Should still be good if the inside is white and not starting to turn brown.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trusting a stranger on a random web forum is not recommended when it comes to eating mushrooms you find outside. Even if they're right

[–] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Easy to check against another source. This is one of the easiest to ID mushrooms that people eat.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, but still. I don't want to normalize casually taking recommendations about eating wild mushrooms online.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I also don't know if I'd eat mushrooms growing in or around an urban environment. Fungi are known to pull all sorts of contaminants from their substrate into their fruit bodies. Then again, we're already filled with contaminants from our food and water, so it may only be a drop in the bucket. 🤷‍♂️

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I heard it goes great with the micro plastics!

[–] PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Puffballs not to be mistaken for earthballs, which are poisonous. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleroderma_citrinum