earthball

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

earthball
    n 1: any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-
         skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
         [syn: {earthball}, {false truffle}, {puffball}, {hard-
         skinned puffball}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

earthball \earth"ball`\ n.
   any of various fungi of the genus {Scleroderma} having
   hard-skinned subterranean trufflelike fruiting bodies.

   Syn: earth-ball, false truffle.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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