puffball
noun
1 puffball
Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.
synonym: true puffball.
2 puffball
Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.
synonyms: earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball.
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