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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Hope you were able to take some photos of the Pigskin Puffballs!  Such an interesting
name. The drilling critter must be immune to its poisons. Did you try cutting one open to see
if there was a maggot inside?  Jean</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">On 3 Sep 2011 at 19:16, James W. Wolford wrote:</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">To:                            <b>NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca></b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">From:                        <b>"James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca></b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Subject:                     <b>[NatureNS] pigskin purple puffballs, Jap. knotweed & honey bees, etc.</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Date sent:                  <b>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:16:20 -0300</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Send reply to:             <b>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</b></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Sept. 1, 2011 - </span></font><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style=" font-size:9pt">I walked along the <b>Wolfville Rail Trail </b>and found a couple of interesting things. 
<b>Japanese knotweed</b> is luxuriantly in bloom everywhere with zillions of tiny flowers that really buzzing
with activity of <b>oodles of honey bees</b>.   <b>Crown vetch</b> is also in bloom, and can be found just west of
the bench that is east of Cherry Lane.  </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style=" font-size:9pt">And I found a cluster of <b>Scleroderma puffballs</b>, which are the ones with a <b>dark purplish interior</b>
and are probably the exception to the "rule" about all puffballs being edible; these puffballs are very
light brownish, irregular in shape, and larger than most ordinary whitish puffballs.  Two field guides of
mine called them "pigskin poison puffball" and "earthball puffball", and their edibilities are listed as
"poisonous" or "known to cause nausea etc." (approx. quotation).  </span></font></div>
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