giant puffball

noun

1. a puffball, Calvatia gigantea, that is the largest of its kind, known to have grown to more than 5 feet (1.6 meters) in circumference.

Example Sentences

Autumn ushers in more mushrooms — giant puffballs, chicken of the woods and honey mushrooms — along with apples, pears, hazelnuts and walnuts.

From Washington Post

As the couple knelt down and began digging around the object, Colin wondered if it was some kind of strange fungal growth, a giant puffball.

From Seattle Times

She knew where lady fern grew and phantom orchids and warted giant puffballs.

From Literature

Now, in the drenched autumn of what is already the fourth wettest year ever recorded in New York City, the creamy-white giant puffballs have reached the size of human skulls.

From New York Times

Anne Yen, an illustrator and amateur mycologist, has spotted them at the base of trees on her walks in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, along with oysters and giant puffballs.

From New York Times