Slime mold fruiting stalks

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Slime mold fruiting bodies. The night before I had noticed quarter-sized patches of what looked and felt like tapioca pudding. The next day I found these. When I brushed up against a patch, it released a cloud of spores. A few days later, all that remained were shiny patches on the wood.

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slime mold
Stemonitis sp.
* taxon: genus
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* Charlottesville, VA
* USA
* Virginia
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