As autumn settles over London's parks and beechy edges, the secret lives of puffballs and their kin come into focus. Watch raindrops tap tiny white drums, releasing smoky bursts of spores; meet the Giant Puffball, a kid-leather globe that can rival a football; and glimpse devil's snuffboxes, golf-ball Bovista, tawny earthballs, and uncanny earthstars that unfurl clawed arms. From Victorian suppers and bee-calming smudge to natural dyes and weather-reading fungi, these stomach fungi are stranger and more generous than legend suggests - yet most leave just one successor to hold the line. Wander sandy soils, chalky woods, and old walls for stiltballs on spindly stalks and paltry puffballs rolling free on the breeze. Curious? Step closer and see their tiny spore clouds.
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