Smut spore ball 100x

kit1980 · Post by **kit1980** » Sun May 07, 2017 12:21 am

A particle from air sample, probably a smut fungi spore ball, more than 90 microns diameter, stained with Lugol's iodine, mounted in CytoSeal, 100x objective.

Beatsy · Post by **Beatsy** » Sun May 07, 2017 1:07 am

Nicely done. Interesting too - how does one collect an "air sample" (or perhaps more accurately, the things floating in an air sample)?

kit1980 · Post by **kit1980** » Sun May 07, 2017 1:12 am

Beatsy wrote:Nicely done. Interesting too - how does one collect an "air sample" (or perhaps more accurately, the things floating in an air sample)?

Thanks!
I just put several cover slips outside for a week.

Beatsy · Post by **Beatsy** » Sun May 07, 2017 1:22 am

Well I'll be! I half expected something involving complex machinery with air pumps, dust traps and graded filters etc. Gotta love simple solutions! Thanks.