Stemonitis fusca | |
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Fruiting bodies on rotting downed log of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Amoebozoa |
Infraphylum: | Mycetozoa |
Class: | Myxogastria |
Order: | Stemonitida |
Family: | Stemonitidae |
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.
Stemonitis fusca var. rufescens, Lister 1894