Moved over to the fediverse today. Lets see if this works here 🙂

Moved over to the fediverse today. Lets see if this works here 🙂

For my introduction a picture I took yesterday of Scuttelina sp. through the stereo microscope. The genus seems to be "complicated", but as soon as I can get my hands on my compound microscope I'm hopeful that I can identify the species.

#biology #mycology #fungi #mushrooms #microscopy #nature #naturephotography @mycology

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Sal@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

What microscopic features would you use to determine the specific species?

setnorth@mastodon.social · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

@Sal hair size, ascus length and spore size/ornamentation mostly

Sal@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 3y

Thank you!