gleba

[ glee-buh ]

noun

, Mycology.

, plural gle·bae [glee, -bee].

1. the sporogenous tissue forming the central part of the sporophore in certain fungi, as in puffballs and stinkhorns.

gleba

/ glē′bə /

, Plural glebae glē′bē′

1. The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of the basidiomycete fungus known as the puffball.

Other Words From

• glebal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gleba¹

1840–50; < New Latin, Latin glēba clod; glebe

Example Sentences

The pileus is conical in shape, and after the disappearance of the gleba the surface of the pileus is merely granular.

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The peridium is very large, breaking away in fragments when ripe and exposing the gleba.

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The microscope shows that the gleba is composed of a great number of spores mixed with simple or branched threads.

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Allied to Scleroderma and distinguished by the cavities of the gleba containing distinct peridioles.

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The gleba is composed of semi-persistent cells, plainly seen with a glass or even with the naked eye.

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