A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi
which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes
powdery.
Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. "True, genuine night." Dryden. Syn. -- ...