chocolate tube slime

The term "chocolate tube slime" describes a particular slime mold known for its distinctive dark brown, tube-like fruiting bodies.

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Definition

(technical, academic)A type of slime mold with dark brown, cylindrical structures found on decaying wood and organic matter.

Scientists observed the chocolate tube slime growing on a fallen log in the damp forest.

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