Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brought 25 lbs of oranges back with us and for some reason quite a few got moldy this time.? So, out come the microscopes.? A few at lower power with the dissecting scope. Here is a close view of the mold - 25x Orange Mold - 25x-3066-Edit (leica-users.org) <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/sc/Orange+Mold+-+25x-3066-Edit.jpg.html> And a bit closer - 40x Orange Mold - 40x-3073-Edit (leica-users.org) <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/sc/Orange+Mold+-+40x-3073-Edit.jpg.html> The scrape a bit off and put it under the compound scope at 400x to see the actual spores and mycelia (sporangium?).? Rusty on my mold anatomy.? Just a quick water mount. Orange Mold - 400x - Edit- (leica-users.org) <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/sc/Orange+Mold+-+400x+-+Edit-.jpg.html> Holy Moldy..... Comments welcome. Aram -- Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson