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