Stemonitis fusca
Species of slime mould
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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]
| Stemonitis fusca | |
|---|---|
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| Fruiting bodies on rotting downed log of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Myxogastria |
| Order: | Stemonitidales |
| Family: | Stemonitidaceae |
| Genus: | Stemonitis |
| Species: | S. fusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Stemonitis fusca Roth, 1787 | |
Subspecies
Stemonitis fusca var. rufescens, Lister 1894
