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stature
Terms discussed:
gracile
,
robust
Photo of
Amanita fulva
by
John Denk
It is often useful to describe the
stature
of a
mushroom
, or how it looks as a whole, in profile.
The word
gracile
is used for
mushrooms
with a long, slender
stem
.
Image of
Russula
from
Eugen Gramberg
(1913)
Pilze unserer Heimat
The term
robust
is used to describe
mushrooms
where the
stem
is relatively thick compared to its length, and usually not very long in the first place.
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