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 134 7., Stipe , is the stem of a frond, which in ferns is commonly scaly. See the plates cited in the last section. The term is likewise applied to the stalk of a Fungus, as the Common Mushroom, Agaricus campestris, Sowerby's Fungi, t. 305.