单词 | earthball |
释义 | earthball (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY earthball n any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles Syn|Hypo|Hyper false truffle, hard-skinned puffball, puffball Scleroderma aurantium, Scleroderma citrinum an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts Scleroderma flavidium, star earthballan earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel Scleroderma bovista, smooth earthballan earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity fungus an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia |
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