gleba

American  

[glee-buh] / ˈgli bə /

noun

Mycology.

plural

glebae

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

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gleba Scientific  

/ glē′bə /

plural

glebae

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

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Other Word Forms

• glebal adjective

Etymology

Origin of gleba

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

Example Sentences

It starts to spread a jelly-like slime called a gleba, which is a nauseating greenish-black color that contains its spores.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2023

When old the gleba consists of a dusty mass of threads and spores.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

Plants membranaceous, leathery or fleshy, furnished with a peridium and gleba, the latter being sometimes supported on a receptacle.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

Hymenium on the surface of the gleba which is enclosed within the peridium up to the maturity of the spores or longer; spores continuous, sphæroid or ellipsoid, hyaline or colored.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

O quae tam duro gleba est tam grata colono?

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard