Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Marty.? It is coming back to me now. Aram On 1/16/2023 8:46 PM, Marty Deveney wrote: > Nice! Moulds are cool. > > It?s an Ascomycete and it is forming ascogonia and antheridia which fuse > into asci. There is a diagram of the Ascomycete lifecycle here: > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Conidia_Formation.png > > Marty > > > > On Sun, 15 Jan 2023 at 8:52 am, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- 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