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1. n. any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature n. any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles Source: ecdict

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fruiting fungi various bodies body cloud discharges family genus Lycoperdaceae mature resembling round scleroderma spores subterranean truffles

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