Oh, I can not believe that I forgot to mention that we had found a puffball mushroom whilst on our travels the last few days.  We had just driven up to the Taiwanese shop and the next thing I knew, Gnome had scrambled out quickly and was on his hands and knees in the grassy field beside the car-park.

He was so excited because he had spotted a puff-ball mushroom.  These are edible and some of them can get to the size of footballs.  We have never had the pleasure of eating one but apparently you can slice them and cook them like steaks.

We took this specimen back to the farm and Gnome stomped all over it on the grass to disperse the spores. Hope to have puffball steak sometime soon!!