EDIT: title changed from Desmid
Another incredible (Desmid) Alga from a local pond.
I'm fascinated by the diverse shapes of these organisms.
Oly 40x SPlan Apo, NFK 2.5x eyepiece, 10 frames @ 0.001 mm, ZS PMax.
NUM10030
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NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
Thanks Franz.
You are correct, from Wikipedia
"Pediastrum is a genus of algae, in the family Hydrodictyaceae. It is a nonmotile coenobial (fixed number of cells) green alga that inhabits freshwater environments."
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives