Puffballs are named for the fact that puffs of spores are released when the dry and powdery tissues of the mature spherical fruiting body (basidiocarp) are disturbed.
Fungi are everywhere and come in many forms - as mushrooms, molds, mildews, yeasts, and puffballs, to name but a sampling, and they exist in volumes that most of us little suspect.
She's gone a little bit daring with a sort of puffball hem and some of you eagle-eyed royal watchers and fashionistas might recognize that this is a dress that was fashionably upcycled by Princess Beatrice on her wedding.