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Mushroom spores under a high-powered microscope

Starting with some cool mushroom spores under the microscope! I had to use a high magnification to really capture these! the spores of a mushroom are tiny! #MushroomSpores #Microscope ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Beautiful Microscope Photos Capture Tiny Pests, Spores, Sensory Neurons and Sunflower Hairs

The list of winners for this year’s Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition has finally been released, and the contest’s talented photographers once again wow viewers with fantastical images of ...

In 1999, NASA flew Ceratopteris fern spores on STS-93 to test gravity-guided growth; they germinated normally, but their developmental polarity became random

A NASA experiment examined the growth of fern spores in a zero-gravity environment. The spores showcased continued ...
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Mold spores under the microscope

See what mold spores look like up close and learn more about the hidden world around us. #Microscope #Science #Nature ...
Phys.org

Time-lapse microscopy reveals different life cycle strategies in Bacillus subtilis

Because natural resources are always limited, the right strategy decides about success in life. This also applies to spore-forming bacteria. Bacillus subtilis can survive unfavorable living conditions ...
EurekAlert!

Light microscope image of spores of the parasitic cnidarian Henneguya salminicola, from Chinook salmon. (IMAGE)

Image courtesy of Stephen Douglas Atkinson. Light microscope image of spores of the parasitic cnidarian Henneguya salminicola, from Chinook salmon. Fluorescence micrograph of spores of the parasitic ...
Popular Science

Mushrooms’ Spores May Help Bring Rain To Forests

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New Scientist

See the explosive life of fern fronds under the microscope

THESE glowing orbs harbour the progeny of a strange life form. Their goal? To propel that progeny as far away as possible so it can conquer new habitats. An explosive launch will eventually help them ...
Science News

Horsetail spores don’t need legs to jump

They look like lifeless green dust, but the spores of spiky horsetail plants can jump about 200 times their body length. That’s true even though they lack legs. Equisetum spores trail long, ...
The Guardian

Bring me sunshine in your spores: the science of pollen fossil radiation

Ultraviolet radiation can have huge effects on our planet’s climate, but what has it done the past? The fossil record can tell us about UV through the study of pollen and spores In the middle of ...
NPR

Orange Goo At Alaskan Village Found To Be Fungal Spores, Not Eggs

The orange goo that took over the shore of a remote Alaskan village is actually a mass of fungal spores — not microscopic eggs, as scientists at the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration first ...