Bovista
noun
Bo·vis·ta
bōˈvistə
: a genus of basidiomycetes (family Lycoperdaceae) including various puffballs having a thin peridium at maturity
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from German bofist, bovist puffball, alteration of Middle High German vohenvist, from vohe she-fox (from Old High German foha) + vist, vīst emission of gas from the colon