Are these puffballs?

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I found these mushrooms in the woods and thought they looked familiaur. The little white ones i found on a rotting stump and the other ones i found seperate on the ground. the little white ones have very soft white insides, and the other ones have purple harder insides. i found some of the old purple ones and they puffed out but i want to be sure if these are puffballs. and i dont want to feel all cockeyed if they arent. help?

here are some pictures

[Admin]

I don't know much about mushrooms but they do look like puffballs. The dark ones have gone by. Puffballs do have a look alike though that you have to aware of. When you cut open the puffballs they are suppose to be white inside with no design or change of grain all the way through. The look alikes have a core that might be slightly different color or grain in somehwat of a curly Q design to it. I don't think the look alikes are edible.
Without being absolutley sure I wouldn't eat them.

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the white ones have a very white middle with no change in pattern or color. i am decent with mushrooms. i never hunted puffballs though. this is my first time with these. i started from the hardest to find to the easiest.

[mantella]

These "look-alikes" are not puffballs they are called earthballs they are toxic! When a puffball becomes over ripe they tend to turn yellow on the inside.

check out this link for a little more info
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleroderma_citrinum

I hope this helps and the good news is if you already ate some, their not deadly (although they may make you feel like you're dying)

[mantella]

Also I want to warn any body that harvests puffballs to always cut them from top to bottom to make sure that there is not a "baby shroom" inside.

Check out this link to see what I mean:

www.mushroomexpert.com/amanita_jacksonii.html