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Stemonitis fusca

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Species of slime mould

Stemonitis fusca
Fruiting bodies on rotting downed log of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Stemonitidales
Family: Stemonitidaceae
Genus: Stemonitis
Species: S. fusca
Binomial name
Stemonitis fusca
Roth, 1787

Stemonitis fusca is a species of slime mold. It fruits in clusters on dead wood and has distinctive tall brown sporangia supported on slender stalks with a total height of approximately 6–20 mm tall.

Subspecies

Stemonitis fusca var. rufescens, Lister 1894

References

  1. Stemonitis fusca Roth - Discover Life

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Taxon identifiers
Stemonitis fusca
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