"Puffball" Mushrooms, harvesting and cooking

[TWP]

I don't know if these are common in our local area, but I've found them in the wetter forests of the Cascade range.

http://www.offthegridnews.com/off-grid-foods/the-easy-to-spot-giant-mushroom-that-can-feed-a-family/

Good recipes to go with this article and also good description and pictures.

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[230gr]

We have them and they are good to eat. Never cooked them fancy though, just fried in butter or bacon grease. 

[TWP]

230gr, are you local to our Reno area?

I'm not asking for where you found these Puffball mushrooms, since that information is worth it's weight in gold, but just if they are locally available.

[230gr]

No. I am from central Wisconsin and they, like Morals, are usually consider "secret hunting grounds". Always a treat! 

[TWP]

230gr.  Thanks!  If we expand our hunting grounds,   Oregon and Washington state have plenty of Puffball patches, as do the coastal ranges of northern California (probably a state to avoid due to the excessive regulation on just about everything there).