Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Stemonitis virginiensis Rex, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1891: 391. 1891
Comatricha dictyospora Celak. f. Arch. Nat. Land. Bohmen 7 5 : 49. 1893.
Sporangia cylindric or elongate-ovate, lilac-brown, 2-8 cm. tall, gregarious in small clusters on a common hypothallus; stalk black, shining, 0.5-2 mm. tall; columella reaching the apex, giving rise to a delicate capillitium, the ultimate branches united to form a small-meshed surface net; spores bright brown in mass, pale lilac-brown by transmitted light, marked by a sharp reticulation of narrow bands, 6.5-9 p, in diameter. Type locality : Mountain Lake, Virginia. Habitat: Dead wood.
Distribution: Widely but sparsely distributed in the United States: Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- George Willard Martin, Harold William Rickett. 1949. FUNGI; MYXOMYCETES; CERATIOMYXALES, LICEALES, TEICHIALES, STEMONITALES, PHYSARALES. North American flora. vol 1. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
