

These puffballs were covering a small red oak tree in Morgan Monroe State Forest in Indiana recently. There were 10 total completely encasing the branches they hung on. What are they?? Can I eat them? What are those rusty brown spots?
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I don't know
ReplyDeleteI found these also, near Pulaski VA. They look like a parasitic plant.
ReplyDeleteI found one as well. Did you ever find out?
ReplyDeleteWool Sower Gall
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