Spores and Pollen

[Pau]

1. Polypodium cambricum spores

2. Pinus halepensis pollen

Autofluorescence with UV 365nm or 385nm LED excitation.
Zeiss WL with custom adaptations.
Nikon MPlan Apo 40X/0.80 direct projection on Canon ASPC sensor.

[Lou Jost]

Wow, very beautiful.

[Pau]

Thank you, Lou!

Here the same fern spores but now with blue 480nm excitation and of course the adequate filter cube

[Adalbert]

very nice