Wants me to sign in as well. Then gave my cell a hard time about backing out. Does drop box have a "make public" option maybe? If not both photobucket and even flickr work and are free.

Well, maybe it is a Calvatia--it is somewhat larger than those in the "fun with" site, but the size is close enough, and the overall shape is spot-on. Mine is well past the stage when it was white. It is all a deep brown, the whole top is open and the inside looks like rotten foam rubber--I didn't touch it. It is not like a puffball with the opening at the top that ejects spores when touched. The whole top and down the sides is one brown mass. But when I look closely, I can see how the shell has split leaving the sepal like sections of the shell at the bottom. These don't come up the sides very far. Yes, darn it, I need to get a camera! --Spruce

You can buy 3gallon passionfruit plants(Purple Possum/ Brizilian Golden) at Pine Island Nursury for excellent prices($25 or $35) They said they'd be offering quadrangularis in about 2 months. You can also go to White Dove Passionfruit Farms(ebay)to get cuttings.(20 frederick for about $39)

Hi and welcome to the forum :) I'm making an assumption here but it looks like you used pure bagged mix for those plants? I don't know if that's the case, but it's most likely the root cause of the plants dying. (no pun intended) The pure mix will drain very fast and become hydrophobic (meaning it won't hold water anymore) in our summers. That white stuff is fungus that has grown from the excessive watering that that type of soil would need to keep even a little moisture in it. Plus the surrounding soil would become very bog-like and contribute to the fungus. Some types of fungus in the soil aren't bad for plants, but with that much fungus the conditions were probably ideal for lots of bacteria to thrive too. You want to mix that bagged stuff with native soil when you plant something, even in raised beds (not containers though, but that's a different topic). The *most* I will add to soil is about 50% compost (depending on how fine it is), and that's for something that needs very fast draining soil (not fruit trees), and the soil will be shaded by something, and the ground will have lots of mulch applied to it. Usually annuals like Pumpkins or root vegetables will grow well in this type of mix. Otherwise I use around 10-25% compost or none at all. You may still be able to save the trees. I would wash all the roots off, remake the soil for the planting area with lots of native soil and very little compost added. You don't need to do this, but if I had extra time I would bake that mix (put it under a clear plastic sheet out in the sun for a few weeks) before I used it again, otherwise I'd just buy new mix.