Microscopy :
Stereo Microscope
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| Boletus erythropus | Edge of porpus cap | |
| Boletus erythropus | Section trhough
porous cap
note bluing reaction |
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| Boletus erythropus | Underside of cap showing pores | |
| Boletus erythropus | Note bruising reaction | |
| Daedelina quercina | Note maze-like pores | |
| Lenzites betulina | Note maze-like pores
These are smaller and darker coloured than the above species |
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| Rust fungus on nettle | Note brightly coloured spores | |
| Ceratiomyxa fructiculosa | These structures are extremely delicate | |
| Ceratiomyxa fructiculosa | Zoom showing spores |
Compound Microscope
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| Stropharia semiglobata | Spore print on glass slide | |
| Boletus erythropus | Section through pores | |
| Canthartellus cibarius | Basidia bearing basidiospores | |
| Scutellinia scutellata | Ascus containing ascospores | |
| Scutellinia scutellata | Note "eyelash" structures | |
| Cordyceps | Asci containing segmented ascospores | |
| Cordyceps | Segmented ascospores | |
| Cordyceps | Segmented ascospores |