puffball in English
noun
1
a fungus that produces a spherical or pear-shaped fruiting body that ruptures when ripe to release a cloud of spores.
This class contains the mushrooms, shelf fungi, puffballs , and a variety of other macrofungi.
2
the spherical head of a dandelion that has gone to seed.
noun
false truffle
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1. Calvatia is a genus of puffball mushrooms that includes the spectacular giant puffball C. gigantea.
2. This puffball has been variously placed in the genera Bovista, Lycoperdon, Calvatia, and Utraria.