calvatia

English Thesaurus

1. genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	calvatia gigantea, giant puffball,
definition	:	huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family lycoperdaceae, lycoperdaceae,
definition	:	a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs (noun.plant)