[Leica] Moldy Orange - Microscopy

[Nathan Wajsman]

Yummy…I think. I do like foods that are fermented (fancy word for “rotten”).

I am going to Stockholm in February and have arranged for some surströmming (rotten herring, google it).

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 14 Jan 2023, at 23:22, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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