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Stemonitis spp.
The immature sporangia of chocolate tube slime mold
Decaying wood
Slime molds spend most of their lives as single-celled organisms but amalgamate into multi-nucleated plasmodia during certain environmental conditions. Neither fungi nor bacteria, scientists still debate where this strange organism fits in modern taxonomy. They are completely harmless and non-toxic.
Spotted on May 25, 2016
Submitted on May 25, 2016
5 Comments
Awesome find Jen,beautiful series,congrats and thanks fro sharing
So cool! Looks like a congregation of ghosts ha ha Thank you for sharing :)
I saw one of these years ago - amazing looking thing isn't it
Thanks! It was really cool to see!
I have only just caught up with this spotting Jen, great images and info. Thanks for sharing it.