Maybe big squishy mushrooms that are unreasonably large?
Ask, and you shall receive. Behold! the biggest Fly Agaric that I’ve ever laid eyes on. About the size of a soccer ball, and no visible stem. I thought at first that it was some kind of mutant puffball.
(I hear you about winter. Here in Denver, we just got another dump of snow after finally getting mostly melted out – and back to firm-ish ground – after the previous Arctic blast. I know that we need the snowpack …but dragonfly season can’t come fast enough for my liking.)