Tubifera applanata

{{Short description|Species of slime mould}}

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| genus = Tubifera

| species = applanata

| authority = D.V. Leontyev & K.A. Fefelov, 2012 {{cite web |title=Tubifera applanata |url=https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/field/Mycobank%20%23/561713 |publisher=MYCOBANK Database |accessdate=2022-02-23}}

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Tubifera applanata is a species of slime mold in the class Myxogastria. It forms 2 to 7 cm wide "pseudoaethelia" (mass of sporangia) that are rust-red in color. They are found growing on damp, dead wood in temperate forests, including where it was first documented, which was on a log of Pinus sylvestris in Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Tubifera applanata Leontyev & Fefelov |url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=561713 |publisher=Species Fungorum. CAB International |accessdate=2022-02-23}}