part of develops_from stalk of the mid culminant stalk of the late culminant inner basal disc of the late culminant stalk of the fruiting body inner basal disc of the fruiting body cell pstAB cell stalk cell Cell of polyhedric shape filling the stalk tube. Stack cells are large (around 8 microns in diameter), highly vacuolated, and are surrounded by cell wall composed of cellulose. Stalk cells die upon terminal differentiation. Their role is to provide structural support for the fruiting body. DDANAT:0000413 Dictyostelium_discoideum_anatomy