''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first described by German botanist

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in 1753. A 2014 estimate suggests that there are 18 species in the genus. Identification within the genus is difficult, and can only be performed with confidence using a microscope or by

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. A fossil specimen (in Burmese amber) is known from the mid- Cretaceous (99 ma).

Species

The following species are accepted by ''Species Fungorum'': *''

Stemonitis axifera ''Stemonitis axifera'' is a species of slime mold. It fruits in clusters on dead wood, and has distinctive tall reddish-brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks. Taxonomy The species was first described as ''Trichia axifera'' by Jean Baptist ...

'' (Bull.) T.Macbr. (1889) *''

Stemonitis farrensis ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' T. N. Lakh. & Mukerji (1977) *''

Stemonitis ferruginea ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Ehrenb. (1818) *''

Stemonitis flavogenita ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' E. Jahn (1904) *''

Stemonitis foliicola ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Ing (1967) *'' Stemonitis fusca'' Roth (1787) *''

Stemonitis graciliformis ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Nann.-Bremek., Mukerji & Pasricha (1984) *''

Stemonitis herbatica ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Peck (1874) *''

Stemonitis inconspicua ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Nann.-Bremek. (1966) *''

Stemonitis laxifila ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Nann.-Bremek. & Y. Yamam. (1988) *''

Stemonitis lignicola ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Nann.-Bremek. (1973) *''

Stemonitis marjana ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Y. Yamam. (2000) *''

Stemonitis mediterraneensis ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' H.H. Doğan & Eroğlu (2014) *''

Stemonitis mussooriensis ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' G. W. Martin, K. S. Thind & Sohi (1957) *''

Stemonitis nigrescens ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Rex (1891) *''

Stemonitis pallida ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Wingate (1899) *''

Stemonitis rhizoideipes ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Nann.-Bremek., R. Sharma & K. S. Thind (1984) *''

Stemonitis smithii ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' T.Macbr. (1893) *''

Stemonitis splendens ''Stemonitis splendens'', commonly known as the chocolate tube slime, is a species 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- ...

'' Rostaf. (1875) *''

Stemonitis virginiensis ''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...

'' Rex (1891)

References

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* Myxogastria Amoebozoa genera {{Amoebozoa-stub