Stemonitis pallida

Stemonitis pallida Wingate; Macbr. N. Am
Slime-Moulds 123. 1899.
• Sporangia gregarious in large groups, occasionally somewhat clustered within the colony, stipitate, erect, cylindric, rather stout, obtuse, 2-6 mm. tall, dusky drab, becoming pallid as the spores disappear; stalk short or of medium length, one-third the total height or a little more, black, polished, rising from a thin, brown or iridescent hypothallus; columella percurrent, ceasing abruptly at the apex; capillitium dense, forming at the surface a close-meshed net, poorly developed above; spores dark brown in mass, dusky by transmitted light, nearly smooth, 6.5-8 /x in diameter; Plasmodium white or greenish-yellow.
Type locality : Delaware County, Pa.
Habitat: Dead wood.
Distribution: Eastern United States to Iowa; Europe; the Malay Peninsula; Japan.