gleba
/ˈɡliːbə/
noun
- The spore-bearing inner tissue of certain fungi, such as puffballs and stinkhorns.
- When the puffball matured, its gleba turned into a powdery mass of spores.
- The stinkhorn's gleba has a foul smell that attracts insects.
- Under the microscope, the gleba of the fungus showed thousands of tiny spores.