Stipe (mycology) puffballs, earthstars, some polypores, jelly fungi, ergots, and smuts. It is often the case that features of the stipe are required to make a positive identification of a mushroom. Such distinguishing characters include: When collecting mushrooms for identification it is critical to maintain all these characters intact by digging the mushroom out of the soil, rather than cutting it off mid-stipe. 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
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