Chocolate Tube Slime - Stemonitis splendens (Rost.)
Stemonitaceae, Stemonitales

Where found:- "Nothing" there at 05:45. White mass observed 19:45. Following day at 05:45 chocolate tubes observed.

A white mass, producing clusters of brownish, cylindrical tops on thin, short, shiny, black stalks
Mushroom: 1/32-1/16" (1-1.5 mm) wide, 1/4-3/4" (0.5-2 cm) high: slender, cylindrical, densely clustered.

source ref: Audubon "Field Guide to N.A. Mushrooms" Copyright©1981

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