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Definition of Puffball
1. Noun. Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.
Exact synonyms: True Puffball
Generic synonyms: Fungus
Group relationships: Family Lycoperdaceae, Lycoperdaceae
Specialized synonyms: Calvatia Gigantea, Giant Puffball
Generic synonyms: Fungus
Group relationships: Family Lycoperdaceae, Lycoperdaceae
Specialized synonyms: Calvatia Gigantea, Giant Puffball
2. Noun. Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.
Exact synonyms: Earthball, False Truffle, Hard-skinned Puffball
Group relationships: Genus Scleroderma, Scleroderma
Specialized synonyms: Scleroderma Aurantium, Scleroderma Citrinum, Scleroderma Flavidium, Star Earthball, Scleroderma Bovista, Smooth Earthball
Generic synonyms: Fungus
Group relationships: Genus Scleroderma, Scleroderma
Specialized synonyms: Scleroderma Aurantium, Scleroderma Citrinum, Scleroderma Flavidium, Star Earthball, Scleroderma Bovista, Smooth Earthball
Generic synonyms: Fungus
Definition of Puffball
1. n. A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin.
Definition of Puffball
1. Noun. Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puffball
1. any of various globular fungi [n -S]