gleba
/glee-buh/US // ˈgli bə //
Gleba
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural gle·bae [glee-bee]. /ˈgli bi/. Mycology.
- : the sporogenous tissue forming the central part of the sporophore in certain fungi, as in puffballs and stinkhorns.
Examples
The pileus is conical in shape, and after the disappearance of the gleba the surface of the pileus is merely granular.
The peridium is very large, breaking away in fragments when ripe and exposing the gleba.
The microscope shows that the gleba is composed of a great number of spores mixed with simple or branched threads.
Allied to Scleroderma and distinguished by the cavities of the gleba containing distinct peridioles.
The gleba is composed of semi-persistent cells, plainly seen with a glass or even with the naked eye.
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