Microscopic Life in Sphagnum
Some specialized guides prove too irresistable for me. As soon as I discovered the existence of Marjorie Hingley's Microscopic Life in Sphagnum, I had to have it. Sphagnum under the microscope is one of the most structurally bedazzling in the plant kingdom. Hingley's guide provides a methodology and broad guide to groups that can be encountered amongst the leaves. For expediency, I used the squeeze method (literally squeeze the Sphagnum) and then passed it through a paper coffee filter. Below are some of the larger creatures from the squeeze.
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
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On Sphagnum leaves. Tiny.
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
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On Mylia anomala in fen
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Life (Life)Observer
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On Calliergon leaves along fen margin
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Stentor (Genus Stentor)Observer
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Squeezed ffrom Sphagnum in fen
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Genus ColurellaObserver
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Squeezed from Sphagnum water -- crustacean?
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Staurastrum furcatumObserver
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Best guess for spiny desmid-looking thing squeezed from Sphagnum
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
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Squeezed from sphagnum
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Genus MesotaeniumObserver
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Best guess for unicellular green algae with ribbon-like chloroplast. Squeezed from Sphagnum
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
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Squeezed from Sphagnum
Comments
Very cool!
Great work!
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