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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; many mushrooms lack a distinct stipe, instead producing sessile or nearly sessile fruiting bodies attached directly to wood or other substrates. Examples include:
* Hericium erinaceus, which forms pendent spines from a rudimentary or absent

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