Original sentence: If collected before spores have formed, while the flesh is still white, it may be cooked as slices fried in butter, with a strong earthy, mushroom flavour.In mycology (a branch of biology), Puff-ball is the common name for a fungal genus Lycoperdon, and so called because of the cloud of brown dust-like spores which are emitted when the mature fruiting body bursts.from a 1911 encyclopedia, with additions and modifications
Edited sentence: If collected before spores have formed, while the flesh is still white, it is extremely good cooked as slices fried in butter, with a strong earthy, mushroom flavour.In botany, Puff-ball is the common name for a fungi genus Lycoperdon, and so called because of the cloud of brown dust-like spores which are emitted when the mature plant bursts.from a 1911 encyclopedia, with additions