Specifically, a giant puffball fried in breadcrumbs and served with Parma ham, soft-boiled eggs and new potatoes. Interesting texture – the closest thing would probably be one of the stickier variants of tofu – and a fairly strong mushroom flavour. Apparently a single giant puffball can contain seven trillion spores, which makes me feel a little guilty, as though eating it was an act of mycological genocide. But not that guilty.