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Chocolate Tube Slime Mold - Stemonitis axifera Tall, reddish brown sporangia on slender stalks.<br />
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Chocolate Tube Slime Mold - Stemonitis axifera

Tall, reddish brown sporangia on slender stalks.

Habitat: Growing in clusters on decaying wood.

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  1. Holy crap! So cool! Posted 5 years ago
    1. Thanks :). This is an old shot that I had forgotten about! Posted 5 years ago
      1. SO striking! Posted 5 years ago

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''Stemonitis axifera'' is a species of slime mold. It fruits in clusters on dead wood, and has distinctive tall reddish-brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks.

Similar species: Stemonitales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Oct 15, 2018. Captured Jun 4, 2016 10:56 in 40 W Elm St, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/166s
  • ISO1250
  • 100mm