The puffballs are back.  Calvatia gigantea.  They always appear in the small field between the house and the front pond.

Puffball

This one has got even bigger since I took this photo – and somewhat dirtier-looking; I suspect that it is no longer edible.  Past its best at any rate.

Here is one from a couple of years ago.  It’s at the edible stage – no hint of spore formation.

Puffball slices

Cooking puffball

It tastes of mushroom, basically, and one slice is enough in my opinion.  I don’t know how you’d eat a whole one.