noun
- Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.
- synonyms: true 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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