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Stemonitis

Notes

Fruiting body stalked sporangium, sporangium tall-cylindric, usually in large clusters, stalk hollow, slender, smooth, black. Outer wall layer lost with maturity. Spore mass dark. Nine species in New Zealand.
Note that only those species listed below have images or descriptions available through the Virtual Mycota.

Name (click to select)Image (click to enlarge)
 Stemonitis axifera  
 Stemonitis flavogenita
 Stemonitis fusca  
 Stemonitis herbatica
 Stemonitis mussooriensis
 Stemonitis pallida
 Stemonitis smithii
 Stemonitis splendens  
 Stemonitis virginiensis