#  Farlow Alum Helps Make the Giant Puffball a State Fungus 

 





December 06, 2021

 

 

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 Farlow Alum Liam Nokes worked with State Senator Cindy Friedman (Arlington, MA) to make the Giant Puffball the state fungus of Massachusetts. The Puffball, a common and ecologically important fungus, is tied to indigenous traditions and was consumed by the Iroquois and Meskwaki people.

   ![puff ball](/sites/g/files/omnuum5786/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/fof/files/liam_puffball-2.png?itok=OYKy4jpT) 

 



 

 

 



 

 

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