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chocolate tube slime
Stemonitis splendens
29 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Stemonitis axifera
Stemonaria longa
Dark-brown Wood-hairStemonitis fusca
Red Raspberry Slime MoldTubifera ferruginosa
White Carnival Candy Slime MoldArcyria cinerea
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,927 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 573 |
| Ontario | 430 |
| New York | 292 |
| Pennsylvania | 243 |
| Alaska | 242 |
| Virginia | 188 |
| West Virginia | 148 |
| Maryland | 138 |
| Michigan | 117 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | protozoans · Protozoa |
|---|---|
| Phylum | slime molds · Mycetozoa |
| Class | true slime molds · Myxomycetes |
| Order | Stemonitidales |
| Family | Stemonitidaceae |
| Genus | Chocolate Tube Slimes · Stemonitis |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise chocolate tube slime with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.