Slime Mold Sporangia

Stemonitis sp.

Notes:

Feathery fungus with some slug slime on it. Red spores released when brushed.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jeannette 11 years ago

Chocolate tube slime mold

Stemonitis splendens Stemonitis

7 Comments

Jeannette 11 years ago

Thank you Alex :)

I have a spotting myself and it is very tiny compared to this...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/129...

AlexKonig 11 years ago

jeanette
it was a good guess !!!
Actually the stemonitis family, is one, which really need to be determinated under the microscope, they are all very variable.

but just from the look, is "splendens" a good guess. because splendens is known to be one with the longest "chocolate tubes"

here a site with good info { http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?searc... } - next to clives {hidden forest.nz}

AlexKonig 11 years ago

werdgent
slime mold are researched/studied by "mycologists".
i know very good that they are no fungi, but with the "category-system" from pn, are they very good placed in "fungi".

Or would you rather like to see those "sporangium" next to "snails & slugs"!!

barbarossa 11 years ago

"Slime mold or mould is a broad term describing protists that use spores to reproduce. Slime molds were formerly classified as fungi, but are no longer considered part of this kingdom.[1]" - wikipedia

Maybe shouldn't even be placed in the Fungi category on PN...