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Chocolate Tube Slime Mold

Stemonitis spp.

Description:

Photo take in my garden on a dry tree i have on a pound I think is a fungi but maybe not around 8 mm tall looks more like a caterpillar small rounded patches around 3 cmm diameter grows from the dead tree.

Habitat:

Tropical semiarid.

1 Species ID Suggestions

JC_Forester
JC_Forester 10 years ago
Chocolate Tube Slime Mold
Stemonitis spp. Stemonitis


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6 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Thanks Dan i think the same is very cool !

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

I just spotted this yesterday for the first time. Cool stuff!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Ok perfect thanks Jared :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

This goes on the fungi category or other category ??

JC_Forester
JC_Forester 10 years ago

Not really a fungi, something I learned a few weeks ago about slime molds. They are very fascinating. I have yet to see this genera. Nice one. :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Thanks Jared :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Jun 16, 2013
Submitted on Jun 16, 2013

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