gleba

[ glee-buh ]

/ ˈgli bə /

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

Origin of gleba

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

gle·bal, adjective

gleamy, glean, gleaning, gleanings, gleason, gleba, glebe, glede, glee, glee club, gleed

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

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise |M. E. Hard
When old the gleba consists of a dusty mass of threads and spores.

Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous |Thomas Taylor
The peridium is very large, breaking away in fragments when ripe and exposing the gleba.

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise |M. E. Hard
The gleba is composed of semi-persistent cells, plainly seen with a glass or even with the naked eye.

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise |M. E. Hard

The spore-mass or gleba, in its young state, is surrounded by four layers.

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise |M. E. Hard

gleba

[ glē′bə ]

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