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Chocolate tube slime mold Found this in the woods near the house this evening, absolutely no idea what it is! About 4cm diameter and around 3cm high max. Very odd, but the other one is even odder! Chocolate tube slime mold,Geotagged,South Africa,Stemonitis splendens,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Chocolate tube slime mold

Found this in the woods near the house this evening, absolutely no idea what it is! About 4cm diameter and around 3cm high max. Very odd, but the other one is even odder!

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The Chocolate tube slime mold

Chocolate tube slime molds look like brown hairs growing on wood. These are clusters of stalked sporangia.

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Similar species: Stemonitales
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Mar 7, 2014. Captured Mar 7, 2014 18:56 in Unnamed Road, South Africa.
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  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/10.0
  • 1/21s
  • ISO2000
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.