Chocolate Tube Slime Mold - Stemonitis sp.

Tall brown sporangia on thin stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Probably a long shot:
https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/3278/photos

Or is this rather a whole series of species named "Chocolate Tube Slime Mold"? Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  The genus is generally called "Chocolate Tube Slime Mold" or "Tree Hair" with some variations. I just prefer the "Chocolate Tube Slime Mold" name, and I think that whoever came up with it was a creative, chocolate-lover! I was also thinking that this could be Stemonitis splendens, but there are a bunch of species in this genus, and apparently they can only be distinguished with microscopy. So, I just left it as Stemonitis sp. They grow in this spot every year though, so next summer I will get a specimen. Posted 7 years ago

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By Christine Young

Uploaded Feb 7, 2018. Captured Sep 23, 2017 11:04 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.

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