false truffle
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1. any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fungus, |
| definition | : | an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | scleroderma aurantium, scleroderma citrinum, |
| definition | : | an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | scleroderma flavidium, star earthball, |
| definition | : | an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | scleroderma bovista, smooth earthball, |
| definition | : | an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus scleroderma, scleroderma, |
| definition | : | genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles (noun.plant) |
2. any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fungus, |
| definition | : | an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | rhizopogon idahoensis, |
| definition | : | a large whitish Rhizopogon that becomes greyish brown in maturity (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | truncocolumella citrina, |
| definition | : | a fungus with a round yellow to orange fruiting body that is found on the surface of the ground or partially buried; has a distinctive sterile column extending into the spore-bearing tissue (noun.plant) |
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