lycoperdon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium
    genus Lycoperdon.

WordNet

Ly`co*per"don noun
Etymology
NL., from Gr. wolf + to break wind.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.

Webster 1913