Protozoa: Mycetozoa: Myxomycetes: Stemonitales: Stemonitidaceae: Stemonitis splendens Rostaf., 1874

Stemonitis splendens – chocolate tube slime

Synonyms: Stemonitis acuminata, Stemonitis baeuerlinii, Stemonitis fenestrata, Stemonitis lignicola, Stemonitis morganii, Stemonitis webberi.

Common name: chocolate tube slime.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Stemonitis splendens, commonly known as the chocolate tube slime, is a species of slime mold.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Cluster of fruiting bodies of chocolate tube slime mold (Stemonitis splendens) on a pine log near Forest Service Road 203 in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 28, 2013
Forest Service Road 203, Sam Houston National Forest, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Tall brown sporangia of chocolate tube slime mold (Stemonitis splendens or may be fusca) covering pine log near Forest Service Road 203 in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 28, 2013
Forest Service Road 203, Sam Houston National Forest, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Chocolate tube slime mold (Stemonitis splendens or may be fusca) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, March 10, 2018
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Chocolate tube slime mold (Stemonitis splendens or may be fusca) on rotting wood on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Chocolate tube slime mold (Stemonitis splendens or may be fusca) on a stump on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Immature stage of chocolate tube slime mold (Stemonitis splendens or may be fusca) on a log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Brown sporangia of chocolate tube slime mold (Stemonitis splendens or may be fusca) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
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