1) Earthball 2) Toadstool
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1) Fungus 2) Fungus common name 3) It gets a big head 4) Spherical mushroom 5) True puffball
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A puffball is a member of any of several groups of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. The puffballs were previously treated as a taxonomic group called the Gasteromycetes or Gasteromycetidae, but they are now known to be a polyphyletic assemblage. The distinguishing feature of all puffballs is that they do not have an open cap with spore-bearing...
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• (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.
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(from the article `fungus`) ...and completely invisible to the unaided eye; others are no larger than a pin head; still others are gigantic structures. Among the largest ... family of fungi in the order Agaricales (phylum Basidiomycota, kingdom Fungi) that includes about 160 species, among them earthstars and puffballs, ... [2 relat...
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Puff'ball` noun (Botany) 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 .
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pŭf′bawl Synonyms: Lycoperdon
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[
n] - any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
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true puffball noun any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
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Ball-shaped fruiting body of certain fungi (see fungus) that cracks open when it ripens, releasing the enclosed spores in the form of a brown powder; for example, the common puffball (
L. perlatum). (Genera
Lycoperdon and
Calvatia.)
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any of various basidiomycetous fungi, esp. of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken.
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