Corralitas Drive: Not A Discarded Dinner Roll

Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 1, 2012.  At first, I thought one of the heirloom tomato-stealing squirrels in our yard had moved onto dinner rolls.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

It's a Puffball Mushroom.  Don't ask me which species - there are many.  Check out the go-to source for California mushroom identification: Mykoweb. 

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