According to Chinese Pharmacopoeia, puffball has been reported to have a number of functions like anti-inflammatory, stanch bleeding, cough, respiratory infections etc., however, we encountered limited published information related to antimicrobial effect of puffball, especially the antifungal activity of puffball has not been considered until now.
He squints at me, not quite comprehending, so I point out that his last cinema film before Puffball had been Two Deaths, back in 1996.
Inexplicably and dramatically, the puffball dress has been re-embraced by high fashion.
The manner in which the puffball splits open (dehisces) has been described by 19th-century American mycologist William Henry Long.
The puffball is widely distributed, and has been recorded in Africa Zimbabwe, Asia China, Indiadiandand Iran, South America Argentina, Chileile and Uruguay), North America, Australia, and New Zealand.
The fungus has been described as an "aquatic puffball", although a later review considered "floating puffball" to be a more apt descriptor.
The large European bird Great Bustard (Otis tarda) has been recorded feeding on the puffball.
Occasionally it has been ingested in error, because immature button forms resemble puffballs.
This condition has been reported to afflict dogs that play or run where puffballs are present.
This puffball was originally described in 1790 by French botanist Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard as Lycoperdon utriforme, and since then, has been variously placed in the genera Bovista, Lycoperdon, Calvatia, and Utraria.
