Stipe (mycology) Stipe (mycology) In mycology, a stipe () is the stem or stalk-like feature supporting the cap of a mushroom. Like all tissues of the mushroom other than the hymenium, the stipe is composed of sterile hyphal tissue. In many instances, however, the fertile hymenium extends down the stipe some distance. Fungi that have stipes are said to be stipitate. The evolutionary benefit of a stipe is generally considered to be in mediating spore dispersal. An elevated mushroom will more easily release its spores into wind currents or onto passing animals. Nevertheless, many mushrooms do not have stipes, including cup fungi,
General of the branch influence, with the all-encompassing rank of general. Full generals (4 star; NATO OF-9) in the Finnish military were classified as generals of infantry ("jalkaväenkenraali"), cavalry ("ratsuväenkenraali"), jaeger ("jääkärikenraali") and artillery ("tykistönkenraali"). The title is now merely honorific, and only one 4-star general is active at any one time in the modern Finnish military. In the German "Wehrmacht" a general of a branch () was linked to service arms of the "Heer" (army) and "Luftwaffe" (air force), depending on where the officer served and what troops he (nominally) commanded. It was equivalent to the three-star ranks of admiral in the Nazi