[Leica] Moldy Orange - Microscopy

[Aram Langhans]

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