Stemonitis herbatica

Stemonitis herbatica Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State
Mus. 26: 75. 1874.
Sporangia clustered, the clusters gregarious, cylindric, obtuse, stalked or occasionally nearly sessile, natal-brown or army-brown, fading to avellaneous, 3-7 mm. tall; stalk fuscous to black, only slightly expanded below, short; hypothallus membranous, rather inconspicuous; columella attenuate upward, sometimes not reaching the apex; capillitium brown, the inner network moderately dense, often with expanded nodes, the surface net paler, the meshes small, polygonal; spores dark brown in mass, pale by transmitted light, minutely warted, 7-9 y. in diameter; Plasmodium white to pale yellow.
Type locality: Albany, N. Y.
Habitat: Living herbaceous plants; less commonly on dead wood and forest debris. Distribution: Throughout North America; Europe; Congo; the Fiji Islands.