The AutWin (autumn-winter) time in the Northland began with a thunderstorm on the night of Oct. 16-17, when wind and rain brought down the leaves. But afterward the weather was very dry, until the ...

The weather service differs from the calendar by defining winter as being the months of December, January and February, and conversely, autumn is September, October and November. According to their ...

Do you remember when you were a kid and came upon a puffball in the woods? How much fun it was to squeeze them and puff out that cloud of spores? I still enjoy doing this. I figure I’m giving the ...

Oliver Davis -- new to the world of wild mushrooms -- has been keeping his eyes peeled for giant puffballs this fall. But the one he found in Bridgewater -- a 22-pounder -- was like finding a minor ...

A cluster of small “puffball” mushrooms grow on the surface of a fallen, rotting log. Find a variety of edible fall mushrooms in nature this week, as temperatures cool. Though mention of mushroom ...

I really like puffballs, not the huge football-sized ones that are starting to show up in the lawns around my house (those are very cool) but rather the smaller, ping-pong sized ones that grow in the ...

Although puffballs are not really abundant anywhere, I seem to see them in many different environments, from the plains near the Coalton trailhead to meadows above the Mountain Research Station. My ...

Giant puffball mushrooms, or Calvatia gigantea, are a popular and recognizable edible mushroom. Puffballs are round with a white interior and exterior and grow on small, barely noticeable stems. The ...