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  1. earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffballnoun

    any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

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  1. earthball

    Scleroderma is a genus of fungi, commonly known as earth balls, now known to belong to the Boletales order, in suborder Sclerodermatineae. The best known species are S. citrinum and S. verrucosum. They are found worldwide. Various members of this genus are used as inoculation symbionts to colonize and promote the growth of tree seedlings in nurseries. They are not edible. The name comes from the Greek sclera meaning hard and derma meaning skin.

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  1. earthball

    An earthball, also known as a puffball, is a type of fungus that typically grows in the form of a round or pear-shaped ball, containing millions of tiny spores inside. The name "earthball" comes from its round shape, resembling a ball, and its common habit of growing on the ground. Also, this name is often given to specific species that look like dirty, small, spherical objects found on the forest floor, such as Scleroderma citrinum.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of earthball in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of earthball in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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