Stemonitis splendens

3 Avalon Beach, NSW

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Identification history

Stemonitis splendens	29 Sep 2025	MichaelMulvaney
Stemonitis sp. (genus)	15 Sep 2025	Teresa
Stemonitis sp. (genus)	15 Sep 2025	Iain

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Chocolate brown fruiting bodies on short thin darker brown stalks.

4 comments

Teresa wrote:

15 Sep 2025

Possibly Stemonitis axifera or splendens but requires further examitation to confirm species - beautiful photography, thankyou

Iain wrote:

15 Sep 2025

I still have the Slime mould attached to hive (on my desk at work). I can collect sample if you would like spores to culture from. Let me know if you are interested and I can get an appropriate container from our laboratory assistant.

Teresa wrote:

29 Sep 2025

Microscopic examination has now confirmed this to be Stemonitis splendens

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

29 Sep 2025

Thanks Teresa

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Location information

Coordinates 151.333522 -33.630684
Places Avalon Beach, NSW

Sighting information

5 Abundance
15 Sep 2025 02:26 PM Recorded on
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Iain NatureMapr Greater Sydney Slime Moulds Stemonitis splendens Featured

Species information

Stemonitis splendens Scientific name
Common name
Not Sensitive
Cosmopolitan
Non-invasive or negligible

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