Stemonitis virginiensis
Rex
Description:
SPORANGIA: total height 2 to 8 mm., in small clusters, cylindrical or elongate-ovate, stalked, lilac-brown.

STALK : black, shining, 0.5 to 2 mm. tall. 20-33% total height, the base keratinoid and hollow.

COLUMELLA: reaching the apex, giving rise to delicate capillitium

CAPILLITIUM: a dense network of flexuose, dark brown threads, the ultimate branchlets slender, uniting to form a smooth or spinose, close surface-net, which is usually incomplete or sometimes absent entirely.

SPORES: Pale lilac-brown, 6-8 µm diam., reticulate with narrow, raised bands.

Plasmodium: ?
HABITAT: On dead wood and leaves.

DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan, known from Auckland and South Canterbury.
Macro images:
Stemonitis virginiensis
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Scale= 3.2 mm.
 
Stemonitis virginiensis
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Scale= 3.2 mm.
 
Stemonitis virginiensis
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Scale= 3.2 mm.
 
Stemonitis virginiensis
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Scale= 1.6 mm.
Micro images:
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Magnification = 400x
Capillitium:
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Magnification = 1000x
Spores: Reticulated
 
 
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Slime Moulds