I know at first glance this looks like a big snowball, but it's actually a giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea, an edible woodland/meadow fungus that can grow to one foot or more in diameter. A mature giant puffball can produce around 7 times 10-to-the-12th-power spores. This one we found that we found in the fall is a bit on the small size. They can get as large as beachballs!
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