true puffball
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| Noun | 1. |  true puffball - any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when maturefungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia family Lycoperdaceae, Lycoperdaceae - a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs Calvatia gigantea, giant puffball - huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight |
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