1980 novel by Fay Weldon (8)

I believe the answer is:

puffball

(Other definitions for puffball that I've seen before include "Fungus that discharges a cloud of spores when mature" , "Simple life" , "Spherical fungus" , "Large fungus" , "Large mushroom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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