Spore Photos

 

Germinating Spores

6/6/2007

Compound Microscope, 10x magnification

No volatiles

 

 

 

Germinating Spores on Water Agar

6/27/2007

Disecting Microscope, 6.3 Mag

In the presence of Limonene

 

- The black line in the middle of the photo was used as a reference line to the volatile, which is on the left but cannot be seen in this photo.

- This photo was taken 24 hours after the spore suspension was placed on the plate.

 

 

 

The Size of a Spore

6/28/2007

Compound Microscope, >40x magnification

 

- This is a good representation of the size of a spore.

- Units are microns.

 

 

3-D Animation of a Spore

Created with Maple 9.5 and Easy GIF Animator 4

 

 

A Drop of Spores

7/13/2007

Disecting Microscope 2-3x Mag

 

- This is what one tiny drop of spores looks like magnified.

 

 

Spore Dispersal

7/16/2007

Disecting Microscope, 6.3x mag

 

- Almost 40 spores!

- Distances travelled range from 119μm to  824μm.

- The assay was set up 7/5/2007.

- The height of the agar block was ~5mm.

 

 

 

Really Big Spores

 

- The green spore is practicing very poor lab safety.