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Chocolate Tube Slimes
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Chocolate Tube Slimes

Stemonitis

Stemonitis is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first described by German botanist Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch in 1753. A 2014 estimate suggests that there are 18 species in the genus. Identification within the genus is difficult, and can only be performed with confidence using a microscope.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

chocolate tube slime

speciesStemonitis splendens

Stemonitis axifera

speciesStemonitis axifera

Dark-brown Wood-hair

speciesStemonitis fusca

Stemonitis flavogenita

speciesStemonitis flavogenita

Stemonitis pallida

speciesStemonitis pallida

Stemonitis virginiensis

speciesStemonitis virginiensis

Stemonitis herbatica

speciesStemonitis herbatica

Stemonitis marjana

speciesStemonitis marjana

Stemonitis mussooriensis

speciesStemonitis mussooriensis

Stemonitis laxifila

speciesStemonitis laxifila

Stemonitis foliicola

speciesStemonitis foliicola

Stemonitis inconspicua

speciesStemonitis inconspicua

Stemonitis amphorocolumella

speciesStemonitis amphorocolumella

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Chocolate Tube Slimes in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.216

Chocolate Tube Slimes in Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

James Sowerby · 1797 · p.160

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53841.