CHOCOLATE TUBE SLIME
Stemonitis splendens
STEMONITIDACEAE (Stemonitidaceae)
Description
Chocolate tube slime resembles brown hairs
growing on wood. These slime molds are very thin (1/8 of an inch wide and
up to 1 inch tall. The brownish, rounded top portions of the slime
(sporangia) are supported by narrow, black stalks.
Occurrence
It is found clustered on dead
wood and leaves, May through October. It is uncommonly found on the floodplains at Fontenelle Forest.
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