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Chocolate Tube Slime Mold - Stemonitis splendens Tall, dark brown, thin stalks with pinkish red, young sporangia on top. They 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. Chocolate tube slime mold,Geotagged,Spring,Stemonitis splendens,United States,slime mold,stemonitis

Chocolate Tube Slime Mold - Stemonitis splendens

Tall, dark brown, thin stalks with pinkish red, young sporangia on top. They 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.

comments (4)

Patomarazul

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I am always mesmerized by these shapes... Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  I think slime molds are so fascinating and beautiful <3 Posted 6 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Beautiful, the little slime drops included. Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Yes, I love the drops! But, I have no idea why it's dripping. Posted 6 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 Jun 24, 2019. Captured Jun 19, 2019 07:32 in 1563 Post Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA.

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Canon EOS 80D
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