EDIT: was "Algae ID request", now identified thanks to Gerd
From a FW lake. Shape is discus-like (biconvex) with surfaces pitted? as in right image.
I've looked through several algae images on the WWW with no success. Scenedesmus seems a possibility
Oly 40x S Plan Apo + 2.5x NFK eyepiece
ZS PMax stacks of 1µ frames.
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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.
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Olympus microscope and objectives
a wonderful alga and perfectly presented.
I don't think this is a scenedesmus,
i think it is a Micrasterias, a desmid,
probably Micrasterias pinnatifida.
Gerd: Many thanks for the identification; easy to find on the WWW once you have a name
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
