true puffball

English Thesaurus

1. any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature (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	:	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)