''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangium, sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first described by German botanist Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch 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 DNA sequencing. 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'' (Bull.) Thomas Huston Macbride, T.Macbr. (1889) *''Stemonitis farrensis'' T. N. Lakh. & Mukerji (1977) *''Stemonitis ferruginea'' Ehrenb. (1818) *''Stemonitis flavogenita'' E. Jahn (1904) *''Stemonitis foliicola'' Ing (1967) *''Stemonitis fusca'' Roth (1787) *''Stemonitis graciliformis'' Nann.-Bremek., Mukerji & Pasricha (1984) *''Stemonitis herbatica'' Peck (1874) *''Stemonitis inconspicua'' Nann.-Bremek. (1966) *''Stemonitis laxifila'' Nann.-Bremek. & Y. Yamam. (1988) *''Stemonitis lignicola'' Nann.-Bremek. (1973) *''Stemonitis marjana'' Y. Yamam. (2000) *''Stemonitis mediterraneensis'' H.H. Doğan & Eroğlu (2014) *''Stemonitis mussooriensis'' G. W. Martin, K. S. Thind & Sohi (1957) *''Stemonitis nigrescens'' Rex (1891) *''Stemonitis pallida'' Wingate (1899) *''Stemonitis rhizoideipes'' Nann.-Bremek., R. Sharma & K. S. Thind (1984) *''Stemonitis smithii'' Thomas Huston Macbride, T.Macbr. (1893) *''Stemonitis splendens'' Rostaf. (1875) *''Stemonitis virginiensis'' Rex (1891)

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* Myxogastria Amoebozoa genera {{Amoebozoa-stub