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Tree Hair - Stemonitis splendens Tall, brown sporangia on thin stalks, which were growing in dense clusters on rotting wood. Each tuft was about 15 mm tall.<br />
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Habitat: Growing on a rotting log in a deciduous forest.<br />
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Habitat: Growing on a rotting log in a deciduous forest.<br />
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Tree Hair - Stemonitis splendens

Tall, brown sporangia on thin stalks, which were growing in dense clusters on rotting wood. Each tuft was about 15 mm tall.

Habitat: Growing on a rotting log in a deciduous forest.

Tree Hair - Stemonitis splendens Tall, brown sporangia on thin stalks, which were growing in dense clusters on rotting wood. Each tuft was about 15 mm tall.<br />
<br />
Habitat: Growing on a rotting log in a deciduous forest.<br />
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comments (2)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Stunning, love this fungi! Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Ferdy! I love finding it. The brown spores puff right off when you brush against them. 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.

Similar species: Stemonitales

Species identified by Christine Young

By Christine Young

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Uploaded Sep 1, 2018. Captured Sep 1, 2018 10:16 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.

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Canon EOS 80D
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1/64s
ISO400
100mm

Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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