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 My first #FungiFriday post ever, and while I'm in northeast #Florida , this is a totally unknown mushshroom for me.

They do seem to pop up everywhere in rural lawns and grow in clumps of 2 or 3. They're golf ball size to tennis ball size spheres, so there's no exposed stem until broken open.

Is anyone able to identify these, or at least know if they are toxic or poisonous?

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 @053b8f91 No idea, but it might be a good idea to start the investigation in the Puffball family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffball maybe.