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Did you know? There is a type of mushroom that can explode. This mushroom is called a puffball. Once it is mature, it turns brown. It can burst when it is disturbed. Just a gentle touch, it will spurt a cloud of spores, which can make your nose and throat itch.

你知道吗？有一种蘑菇会爆炸。这种蘑菇叫马勃菌。它一成熟就会变成棕色，并在受到干扰时破裂。只要轻轻一碰，它就会喷出一大团让你的鼻子和喉咙发痒的孢子云。

Before the puffball grows up, it can be a tasty food if you cook it correctly. The reason why it explodes in this way is because it uses the explosion as a way of spreading its seeds. Thus it can reproduce and create new mushrooms.

未成熟的马勃菌如果烹饪得好，它会是一道美食。马勃菌以这种方式爆炸，是因为它将爆炸作为传播种子的一种方式，从而达到繁殖和创造新的蘑菇的目的。

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The inside of a mature puffball is full of tens of thousands of spores. When the outer shell is broken, the spores will burst out and be released into the air.

成熟的马勃菌内部布满了成千上万个孢子。当外壳破裂时，孢子就会迸发出来，并释放到空气中。

Puffballs were used in America by some Native Americans to give them an advantage on the battlefield. The Native Americans would lead their enemies to places with a high concentration of puffballs. They would then wait for their enemies to set off the puffballs. The clouds of spores which were released would irritate their enemies' eyes and noses. Once their enemies were incapacitated, they would take the opportunity to attack and catch them off guard.

在美国，一些印第安人曾在战场上利用马勃菌为他们带来优势。印第安人会把他们的敌人带到有大量马勃菌聚集的地方，然后他们会等待敌人来引爆马勃菌群。马勃菌释放出来的孢子云会刺激敌人的眼睛和鼻子,一旦敌人失去行动能力，他们就会趁机发动攻击，在敌人毫无防备的情况下抓住他们。