tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178251735693144694.post8544910248527435515..comments2024-03-25T07:48:39.923-07:00Comments on Xtremehorticulture of the Desert: Puffballs and Other Mushrooms Comon to Desert LandscapesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178251735693144694.post-22421587790985290932014-09-25T04:19:31.058-07:002014-09-25T04:19:31.058-07:00The second photo looks to be mycorrhizal truffles ...The second photo looks to be mycorrhizal truffles which forma symbiosis with what appears to also be Eucalyptus leaves in and among the truffles. Pisolithus tinctorius are darker mocha brown when dried and compartmentalized with small honeycombed chambers full of chocolate brown spores. I always collected them especially after summer thundershowers.Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178251735693144694.post-8549059359608857932014-01-14T06:25:36.504-08:002014-01-14T06:25:36.504-08:00Thanks for this. You have a fascinating blog-- k...Thanks for this. You have a fascinating blog-- keep up the good work!<br /><br />However I must say that this statement you wrote is incorrect: <br />They are a mushroom and of course, like all mushrooms, feed off of dead, decaying organic matter rotting underground or on the soil surface.<br /><br />As I understand it here are four basic classes of fungi, or mushrooms-- the mushrooms that crofoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202714431213530901noreply@blogger.com