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When it is dry, the outer skin will feel a bit papery. Once it is dry, you want to store it in a cool, dry place.

Those are bulbils and they can be planted just like the cloves and bulblets to grow new garlic but it will take 2 years before they will form a full head of garlic.

Yes, you can. While it is closer to a leek than a garlic, you plant and grow elephant garlic like regular garlic. Because of its size, spacing is different. Put the cloves 8-10 inches apart in rows 18-20 inches from each other. Set them 1-2 inches deep. Sometimes elephant garlic tends to produce only one large, solid bulb with no segments. If this occurs, replant and it will produce a bulb the next harvest with the more typical cloves. Planting usually takes place in fall, abou t4-6 weeks before the first hard freeze in order to establish roots but it can also be spring planted. Harvest the garlic by pulling or digging when the tops turn brown and die down in summer. Store in a cool, dry place to prevent sprouting.

No, you do not need to mound them. They will be fine the way they are.

Simply store any freshly dug (unwashed) bulbs in a dark, dry place as soon as possible to dry out until ready to use.

The bulbils can be planted just like the cloves and bulblets to grow new garlic but it will take 2 years before they will form a full head of garlic.