''Stemonitis fusca'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
slime mold
Slime mold or slime mould is an informal name given to several kinds of unrelated eukaryotic organisms with a life cycle that includes a free-living single-celled stage and the formation of spores. Spores are often produced in macroscopic mu ...
. It fruits in clusters on dead wood and has distinctive tall brown
sporangia
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supported on slender stalks with a total height of approximately 6–20 mm tall.
Stemonitis fusca Roth - Discover Life
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Subspecies
''Stemonitis fusca'' var. ''rufescens'', Lister 1894
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Images of ''Stemonitis fusca''
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Myxogastria
Species described in 1787