24th January |
A couple of spore prints of fungi. It occured to me that I've often
mentioned spore prints, but never shown one.
Damp with occasional drizzle. |
The image on the left is the spore print of Tubaria furfuracia. This is obtained by leaving the fungus on a glass slide and waiting overnight. The colour of the print gives clues about the identity of the mushroom. Under the x400 microscope (in the right-hand picture) the shape and size of the individual spores gives further clues about identification. These spores are about 8 microns long, and are smooth.
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And this pair of images shows the spore print and spores of an unidentified Mycena.
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