puffball

n 1: any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round

fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature

[syn: {true puffball}]

2: any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having

hard-skinned subterranean trufflelike fruiting bodies

[syn: {earthball}, {false truffle}, {hard-skinned puffball}]