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Chocolate Tube Slime Mold

Stemonitis splendens

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35.5901, -84.2419

Field Notes

Description:

half inch tall, growing on dead oak leaves, puffs of spores release when touched

Habitat:

trailside in the woods at Fort Loudoun State Park

Reference Links:

http://hiddenforest.co.nz/slime/family/stemonitidaceae/stemo02.htm

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PublishedOctober 15, 2013

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