They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood.
12+ Brown Stemonitis Sp. Stemonitis splendens, is a slime mold and has a common name of chocolate tube slime. Stemonitis is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except antarctica).
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In nature we have found stemonitis on rotting wood; The genus was first described by german botanist johann gottlieb gleditsch in 1753. Time lapse video of the slime mold stemonitis fusca developing sporangia.
Is a ubiquitous slime mold fungus that can produce tall hairy brown sporangia (stalks covered with fungal spores) in clusters.
In nature we have found stemonitis on rotting wood; The pink flesh part will dry out to a brown spore mass. Stemonitis splendens, is a slime mold and has a common name of chocolate tube slime. Time lapse video of the slime mold stemonitis fusca developing sporangia.