false truffle

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false truffle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  false truffle
      n 1: any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having
           subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle
      2: any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-
         skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
         [syn: earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned   puffball
         ]