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Stemonitis fusca?
-37.8567, 145.322
Field Notes
Description:
In an unusual position on top of a huge, barkless, sunlit pine log. Cluster was about 25mm across and 18mm tall. Very fine black wires inside translucent, pinkish jelly with yelowish spherical frog-spawn heads. :)
Habitat:
On a very large log of Pinus radiata in a local nature reserve adjoining a national park. The log was placed as landscaping and the species is not allowed to grow in the area.
Notes:
Stemonitis fusca? - this one is usually brown but can sometimes be pale. <br> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stemonitis_fusca_Roth.JPG <br>
phylum: Amoebozoa <br>
subphylum: Mycetozoa <br>
class: Myxogastrea <br>
order: Stemonitida <br>
family: Stemonitidaceae
Also check this later spotting... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/334196012
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014
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