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You know its the dead of winter and there are no myxo's about, even though we do have archived images. 
Yep, I am already geared up for the first warm, damp, nights to come about for prime myxo hunting and plasmodia too! 
Most of my excursions for myxos are in the early mornings after a nights rain or heavy dew but I think this year I will try some night time adventures in looking for them in the process of fruitification. Great image and the spores do have quite an interesting structure to them. 
Hey, you have been posting some very nice images recently. Your Ruptured Ducks, Vorticella, Telotroch etc appear to all be brightfield but show almost DIC or obligue detail. Are you manipulating the condenser? Your not providing much info and I would like to get similar results.Got a dime?Are you manipulating the condenser? Your not providing much info and I would like to get similar results.
, swing the filter tray with the dime centered on the filter, just slightly out of the way allowing light to slightly pass by the edge of the dime and the tray housing. If you swing the tray all the way in with the dime in place, it will give you darkfield illumination. If you play with it long enough, which should not be more than a minute or two, you will see what I mean. You can also cut a round circle the same diameter as the dime out of a piece of black electrical tape for a more permenant darkfield or oblique stop. 
