Winter in the northeast (US) is the perfect time to start a gardening blog. No weeds, insects, watering chores to impede my creative process. And lots of time in front of the fire, feet up and laptop humming.

I'm a landscape designer, owner of a design/build firm, G. biloba Gardens, Inc. (http://www.gbiloba.com) in Nyack, NY. I named the company after my favorite tree, the Ginkgo .

I write a mostly-monthly column for The Nyack Villager, called The Lifetime Gardener, about gardens, politics, society, with irreverence and sarcasm included as necessary.

I'll post current and past favorite articles from time to time, and you can visit my company website for a complete archive.

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9/29/2010

Puff the Magic Mushroom

We've been deluged with rain lately, and more is on the way. For naturalists, rain = opportunity. What we call mushrooms are actually the fruiting bodies of thread-like (called mycelia) plants that live underground, known as fungi.
Mushrooms will burst out of the ground when enough moisture within the mycelia allows the plant to produce them.
Arriving home this afternoon, I was surprised by the sight you see to the left: a group of Giant Puffball Mushrooms, known botanically as Calvatia gigantea.
Amazing sight. The picture below gives more of a perspective of its size.
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