Ed Dunkel Posted May 8, 2006 (edited) Feast your eyes on some spores: High vacuum gold coating and FE-SEM scanning environment dessicated some of the spores. Spore size 10-11µm by 6-7 µm Here is the specimen they came from: Edited May 8, 2006 by Ed Dunkel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
occidentalis Posted May 8, 2006 Beatiful thanks for those. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiders Posted May 8, 2006 post some pics of the cystidia - the C.cystidia on the gill face are easier than the p.cystidia on the gill edge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shroom-Aura Posted May 8, 2006 very cool! those are electron microscope shots yeah? what are your magnifications? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Dunkel Posted May 9, 2006 post some pics of the cystidia - the C.cystidia on the gill face are easier than the p.cystidia on the gill edge. I'll try, but I will need to find some more fresh shrooms!!! Also I will need to hook up with a botanist and go through some sample prep procedures. As dessication is a real problem for larger specimens of soft, high water content, tissue. The magnifications are on the bottom left corner of 3 out of the 4 SEM images. With the specimen image I forgot to place the ruler in it. They are approx 4-5 cm long. Not the biggest ones of the patch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Dunkel Posted May 10, 2006 Just a confirmation. I presume the concave spots on the spores are the "apical pores" - from which the mycelium emerges - and the protrusions on the opposite side are from where it was attached to the basidia? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alkatrope Posted May 10, 2006 Thanks, I love electron micrographs :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
