stipeless

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English

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Etymology

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stipe +‎ -less

Adjective

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stipeless (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to mushrooms or other types of fungus that have no stipe or stem.
    • 2023, chapter 14, in Ajay Sharma, Garima Bhardwaj, Gulzar Ahmad Nayik, editors, Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of the Himalayas[1], CRC Press, page 1982:
      The main fruiting body is about 1-4 cm wide, spongy as well as dense in texture, flabelliform shaped, with small stipes that become stipeless at maturity.