A stalk-like support as the stalk prolongation of the receptacle of a flower e.g. of a gynoecium or carpel.

The stalk that connects pollinia and viscidium in a pollinarium (of Orchids).

The petiole of a fern frond below the rachis, i.e. below where the leaflets are attached.

The stem-like structure that supports the pileus of a mushroom.