Stemonitis fusca
Encyclopedia
Stemonitis fusca is a species
of slime mold. It fruits in clusters on dead wood, and has distinctive tall brown sporangia
, supported on slender stalks with a total height of approximately 6–20 mm tall.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of slime mold. It fruits in clusters on dead wood, and has distinctive tall brown sporangia
Sporangium
A sporangium is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular. All plants, fungi, and many other lineages form sporangia at some point in their life cycle...
, supported on slender stalks with a total height of approximately 6–20 mm tall.
Further reading
- McManus,M.A., Richmond, M. V. 1961: Spore to spore culture on agar of Stemonitis fusca. The American midland naturalist 65
- Gray,W.D. 1936: Notes on the plasmodial behaviour of Stemonitis fusca Roth.. Proceedings.Indian Academy of Sciences.Plant sciences 45: 74-76.