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Definition of Gleba
1. Noun. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
Definition of Gleba
1. n. The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc.
Definition of Gleba
1. Noun. (mycology) The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gleba
1. a spore-bearing mass of some fungi [n -BAE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gleba
Literary usage of Gleba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"The peridium is dehiscent, and the gleba becomes mucilaginous. ... rupturing the
peridium at the apex, .uid lifts tbe gleba in its interior out of the ..."
2. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by Worthington George Smith (1908)
"One-half natural size, c, cells of gleba. X 5. D, basidia and spores; E, spore
germinating. X 750. stellate manner, convex internally at base. ..."
3. The Commentaries of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian by Gaius (1885)
"... et in eam partem perinde atque in totam rem praesentem fiebat vindicatio:
velut ex fundo gleba ..."
4. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physical by Julius Sachs (1882)
"The gleba is by this means raised up high above the peridium on the apex of the
stalk, while the stalk attains the height of from 6 to 12 inches. ..."
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