Stemonitis axifera (Bull.) T. Macbr.
(a slime mould)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStemonitis axifera (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)
SubkingdomSARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
KingdomPROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Stemonitis axifera (a slime mould) :
1: Stemonitis axifera (a slime mould)
7 Jul 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
on wet, rotten, fallen birch trunk
Image 1: Group of colonies of sporocarpsImage 2: Group of colonies of sporocarps (2)Image 3: Capillitium - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Capillitium - tip - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Colonies of sporocarps - with spores - enlargedImage 6: Colony of sporocarps - spores blown away - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Colony of sporocarps - with spores - enlargedImage 8: Colony of sporocarps - with spores - enlarged (2)Image 9: Colony of sporocarps - with spores - enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Colony of sporocarps - with spores - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Capillitium - detail - confocal image - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 12: Capillitium - detail - confocal image - microscope low magnification - white background (2)Image 13: Capillitium - detail - confocal image - microscope low magnification - white background (3)Image 14: Capillitium - detail - optical section - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 15: Columella apex - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 16: Spores - magnifiedImage 17: Spores - highly magnified
2: Stemonitis axifera (a slime mould)
23 Jul 2000 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Pine log
Image 1: ColoniesImage 2: Colony - side viewImage 3: Colony - side view (2)Image 4: Colony - top viewImage 5: Sporocarp after most of spores have goneImage 6: Sporocarp after most of spores have gone (2)Image 7: Sporocarp after most of spores have gone (3)Image 8: Sporocarp after most of spores have gone (4)Image 9: Sporocarp - apex - magnifiedImage 10: Sporocarp charged with sporesImage 11: Sporocarp charged with spores (2)Image 12: Sporocarp - magnifiedImage 13: SporocarpsImage 14: Capillitium and kink at top of stalkImage 15: Capillitium and stalk - optical sectionImage 16: Capillitium - surface net and stalkImage 17: Capillitium - top of stalkImage 18: Kink at top of stalkImage 19: SporesImage 20: Spores (2)Image 21: Spores (3)Image 22: Spores (4)Image 23: Spores and capillitium
3: Stemonitis axifera (a slime mould)
14 Oct 1978 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Image 1: Capillitium showing surface netImage 2: Sporocarps - effete - side view - enlargedImage 3: Sporocarps - ripening - side view - enlargedImage 4: Capillitium - optical section - magnified

Stemonitis axifera (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 axifera (a slime mould)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stemonitis axifera (a slime mould)
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