Associations to the word «Puffball»

Wiktionary

PUFFBALL, noun. Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies.

Dictionary definition

PUFFBALL, noun. Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.
PUFFBALL, noun. Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.

Wise words

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