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Chocolate Tube Slime Mold - Stemonitis splendens I think this slime mold was still immature because of the pale color and lack of spores.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Rotting wood in a mixed forest Chocolate tube slime mold,Geotagged,Stemonitis splendens,Summer,United States,slime mold Click/tap to enlarge

Chocolate Tube Slime Mold - Stemonitis splendens

I think this slime mold was still immature because of the pale color and lack of spores.

Habitat: Rotting wood in a mixed forest

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  1. View FrannySopranny's profile
    FrannySopranny
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    I love these. I think I called it a chocolate Koosh when I first saw it. Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Haha, perfect name! I still have a Koosh ball, saved from childhood. Posted 5 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 Sep 12, 2019. Captured Jun 22, 2019 10:43 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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