JungleDragon is a nature and wildlife community for photographers, travellers and anyone who loves nature. We're genuine, free, ad-free and beautiful.

Join

Slime mold - Stemonitis fusca This was just beginning to form it's spores - there were other colonies on the underside which had dried and had the typical brown appearance. Geotagged,Stemonitis fusca,United States,Winter,stemonitis fusca Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Slime mold - Stemonitis fusca

This was just beginning to form it's spores - there were other colonies on the underside which had dried and had the typical brown appearance.

    comments (3)

  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
    Lion
    View Lion class
    Slime mold #6. What bizarre creatures! Posted 10 years ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
      morpheme
      Lion
      View Lion class
      More to come :) - i found 5 new ones yesterday, but I'm working today though so attempts at id will have to wait a little. Posted 10 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
        Lion
        View Lion class
        That's ok, I see you have IDs pending, very understandable as these series are very hard to identify. Posted 10 years ago

Sign in or Join in order to comment.

The Stemonitis fusca

''Stemonitis fusca'' is a species of slime mold. It fruits in clusters on dead wood, and has distinctive tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks with a total height of approximately 6–20 mm tall.

Info 1 0
Similar species: Stemonitales
Species identified by morpheme
View morpheme's profile

By morpheme

All rights reserved
Uploaded Feb 25, 2015. Captured Feb 24, 2015 10:06 in 8715 East Side Drive Northeast, Tacoma, WA 98422, USA.
country flag of United States of America Explore United States of America 39,925 9,640 8
  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.

This photo also appears in

Discover more photo collections