Stemonitis fusca Roth
(a slime mould)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStemonitis fusca (a slime mould)
GenusStemonitis (a genus of slime moulds)
FamilySTEMONITIDACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
OrderSTEMONITIDA (an order of slime moulds)
ClassMYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes)
SubphylumMYCETOZOA (a subphylum of slime moulds)
PhylumAMOEBOZOA (amoebae and cellular slime moulds)
SubkingdomSARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
KingdomPROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Stemonitis fusca (a slime mould) :
1: Stemonitis fusca (a slime mould)
23 Jul 2000 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on fallen Beech logs
Image 1: Fruiting colony - close-upImage 2: Fruiting colony - oblique viewImage 3: Fruiting colony - top viewImage 4: Single sporocarp after most of the spores have goneImage 5: Single sporocarp charged with sporesImage 6: Sporocarp - magnifiedImage 7: Sporocarp - magnified (2)Image 8: Sporocarps - close-upImage 9: Surface of colony - close-upImage 10: Capillitium, stalk and sporesImage 11: Capillitium - surface netImage 12: Capillitium - surface net and sporesImage 13: Capillitium - surface net and stalkImage 14: SporesImage 15: Spores (2)Image 16: Spores among capillitiumImage 17: Spores - equatorial focusImage 18: Spores - surface focusImage 19: Spores - surface focus (2)Image 20: Stalk
2: Stemonitis fusca (a slime mould) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
8 Nov 1975 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
on structural timber
Image 1: Sporocarp - in situ
3: Stemonitis fusca (a slime mould)
10 Oct 1971 OSGR: SE75 54° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
on log
Image 1: Sporocarps - side view - enlargedImage 2: Sporocarps - side view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Capillitium and spores - magnified
4: Stemonitis fusca (a slime mould)
1 Apr 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
on log
Image 1: Sporocarps - side view - magnified

Stemonitis fusca (a slime mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stemonitis fusca (a slime mould)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stemonitis fusca (a slime mould)
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