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Chocolate Tube Slime

Stemonitis splendens

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

cluster of brownish cylindrical tops on thin, short, shiny black stalks, see my previous spottings for a young specimen

Habitat:

dead log, temperate forest

Notes:

I spotted this in Short Hills provincial park, a month after I spotted the same species in its immature egg like form.

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Comments (4)
Dan Doucette
People getting very creative with this one! Thanks stacey.
staccyh
In the first picture, it kinda looks like the Sydney opera house. Cool find Dan!
Mark Ridgway
Great shots Dan. This must be the caramel version.

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PublishedNovember 15, 2013

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