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Chocolate tube slime mold - Stemonitis splendens Tall brown sporangia on thin stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. <br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a swampy, mixed forest. Chocolate tube slime mold,Geotagged,Stemonitis splendens,Summer,United States,slime mold,stemonitis Click/tap to enlarge

Chocolate tube slime mold - Stemonitis splendens

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

Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a swampy, mixed forest.

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    Flown Kimmerling
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    One of my faves! And SO difficult to photograph! Posted 7 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Mine too :) Posted 7 years ago

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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 Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Aug 23, 2018. Captured Jul 11, 2018 11:29 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/83s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.