Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball mushrooms that grow from soil and wood. The name literally means "wolf's flatulence"... Possibly suggestive of its massive release of spores through a central apical pore... I'll stop there and allow the reader's imagination to draw the connections.

On a more serious note, the aggressive spore strategy from this genus has been linked to a disease called Lycoperdonosis which is pneumonia-like symptoms from inhaling massive amounts of spores (Henriksen, 1976).

Another common puffball that grows on dead wood, the Pear-Shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme), was once in this genus until it was separated based on genetic differences.

References

Henriksen N. T. (1976). Lycoperdonosis. Acta paediatrica Scandinavica, 65(5), 643–645. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1976.tb04945.x