Stemonitis fusca
| Stemonitis fusca | |
|---|---|
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| Fruiting bodies on rotting downed log of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Amoebozoa |
| Phylum: | 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.[1]
Subspecies
Stemonitis fusca var. rufescens, Lister 1894
References
Further reading
- McManus, M.A., Richmond, M.V. (1961). Spore to spore culture on agar of Stemonitis fusca. American Midland Naturalist 65(1):246. DOI: 10.2307/2423016.
- Gray, W.D. (1936). Notes on the plasmodial behaviour of Stemonitis fusca Roth. Proceedings Indian Academy of Sciences. Plant Sciences 45:74-76.
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