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|common = Puffstool. It is a combination of "puff", referring to how it blows out spores, and "toadstool" (mushroom), referring to its appearance. The "puff" can also come from the name "{{w|puffball}}" which is given to any fungi in the division {{w|Basidiomycota}}. | |common = Puffstool. It is a combination of "puff", referring to how it blows out spores, and "toadstool" (mushroom), referring to its appearance. The "puff" can also come from the name "{{w|puffball}}" which is given to any fungi in the division {{w|Basidiomycota}}. | ||
|jpcommon = {{j|ボケナメコ|Boke Nameko|Stupid Nameko}}. A {{w|Pholiota nameko|nameko}} is a type of mushroom, and the adjective stupid is because of its appearance and behavior, mostly over how it trips when running away. | |jpcommon = {{j|ボケナメコ|Boke Nameko|Stupid Nameko}}. A {{w|Pholiota nameko|nameko}} is a type of mushroom, and the adjective stupid is because of its appearance and behavior, mostly over how it trips when running away. | ||
|jpname = {{j|アカボケオオナメコ|Aka | |jpname = {{j|アカボケオオナメコ|Aka Boke Oo Nameko|Red Stupid Big Nameko}}. | ||
|scientific = ''Fungirussus elasticis''. ''Fungirussus'' is a combination of “fungi” and ''russus'', Latin for red. ''Elasticis'' refers to the creature’s elastic cap. [[Canon#Debatable_canon|Unofficially]], in the ''Pikmin'' Player’s Guide, its scientific name is ''Aspergilla podronis''. ''Podronis'' may refer to the pods some fungus releases through gases, much like the Puffstool does to infect Pikmin. | |scientific = ''Fungirussus elasticis''. ''Fungirussus'' is a combination of “fungi” and ''russus'', Latin for red. ''Elasticis'' refers to the creature’s elastic cap. [[Canon#Debatable_canon|Unofficially]], in the ''Pikmin'' Player’s Guide, its scientific name is ''Aspergilla podronis''. ''Podronis'' may refer to the pods some fungus releases through gases, much like the Puffstool does to infect Pikmin. | ||
|internal = | |internal = <code>KINOKO</code>. It is the Japanese word {{j|きのこ|kinoko|mushroom|f=tp}}. | ||
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===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||