puffball

A noun referring to a type of fungus with a round fruiting body that releases a cloud of spores when mature, or a related fungus with a hard-skinned subterranean fruiting body.

• 🇩🇪Ein Pilz mit kugeligem Fruchtkörper, der bei Reife ein Wolke von Sporen freisetzt; auch ein verwandter Pilz mit hartschaligem unterirdischem Fruchtkörper.

1. Fungus with round fruiting body C1 formal scientific

   Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.

   • The puffball released a cloud of spores when I stepped on it.
   • We found a large puffball growing in the meadow.
   • Puffballs are often edible when they are young and white inside.

   🇩🇪Bovist

   Synonyme: lycoperdon

2. Hard-skinned subterranean fungus C1 formal scientific

   Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.

   • The Scleroderma puffball has a tough outer skin.
   • Unlike true truffles, this puffball is not considered a delicacy.
   • The subterranean puffball was difficult to locate in the forest.

   🇩🇪Hartschalige Bauchpilze

   Synonyme: earthball

• puffballs plural form
• puffballs' possessive plural form
• puffball's possessive singular form