Meaning & use
Gleba
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The spore-producing internal mass of tissue found in puffballs, stinkhorns, and other gasteroid fungi, which becomes powdery or slimy as it matures.
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When the mature puffball was cut open, its gleba had turned into a cloud of brown spores.
Mycologists examine the color and texture of the gleba to help identify different species of fungi.
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The term comes from the Latin word "gleba," meaning a clod or lump of earth, reflecting the mass's soil-like appearance in some mature fungi.
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spore mass
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