Stemonitis

Stemonitis Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Stemonitis fusca or similar species in the White Mountain National Forest
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Stemonitidales
Family:	Stemonitidaceae
Genus:	Stemonitis Gled. [1]
Type species
Stemonitis fusca Roth in Roemer & Usteri (1787) [1]

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. A fossil specimen (in Burmese amber) is known from the mid-Cretaceous (99 ma).^[4]

The following species are accepted by Species Fungorum:^[5]

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