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 16 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 11 points 6 months ago

Mmmm...forbidden black garlic

[–] Alice@hilariouschaos.com -1 points 6 months ago

Removed

[–] OtisRamflow@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

App on my phone says Hard-Skinned Puffball

[–] essell@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

I get called that all the time in the app on my phone

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

are you sure that isn't just a case of your phone dissing you?

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 9 points 6 months ago

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

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Eat it

[–] protist@mander.xyz 36 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Whether or not it kills you will help us identify it

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 7 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

[–] fullstackhipster@awful.systems 0 points 4 months ago

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