马勃菌 Traditional form: 馬勃菌 Pinyin (reading): mǎbójùn Definitions: puffball (mushroom in the division Basidiomycota) Characters: 马 - horse; surname 勃 - thriving, prosperous; sudden, quick 菌 - mushroom; bacteria, germ, microbe Traditional characters: 馬 - horse; surname 勃 - thriving, prosperous; sudden, quick 菌 - mushroom; bacteria, germ, microbe