Stemonitis

Stemonitis is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood.[2] The genus was first described by German botanist Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch in 1753. A 2014 estimate suggests that there are 18 species in the genus.[3] Identification within the genus is difficult, and can only be performed with confidence using a microscope or by DNA sequencing.

Stemonitis
S. fusca or similar species in the White Mountain National Forest
Scientific classification
(unranked):
Amoebozoa
Infraphylum:
Mycetozoa
Class:
Myxogastria
Order:
Stemonitida
Family:
Stemonitidaceae
Genus:
Stemonitis

Gled. [1]
Type species
Stemonitis fusca
Roth in Roemer & Usteri (1787) [1]

Species

The following species are accepted by Species Fungorum:[4]

References
  1. "Genus Record Details: Stemonitis Gled., Method. Fung.: 140 (1753)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  2. Gary Emberger (2008). "Stemonitis sp". Messiah College. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  3. Doğan HH, Eroğlu G (2014). "A new Stemonitis species from Turkey". Mycotaxon. 129 (2): 293–296. doi:10.5248/129.293.
  4. "Stemonitis". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved April 12, 2012.


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