Chrysophyceae: Synura uvella

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:15 am

It is freezing cold here in Germany. At least it is sunny now. With those weather conditions a common find in early spring is Synura uvella. This algae forms larger colonies with up to 80 species. They look like a golden hairy ball that stumbles across the field of view.

These images show a rather small colony, a bit flattened and immobilized

63x, DIK

Crop

F - flagellum, Ch - chloroplast, KV - contractile vacuole, N - nucleus, B - bristles

Best regards
Ecki

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:45 am

Excellent pictures, beautiful and detailed.

Chris_M · Post by **Chris_M** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 3:53 am

Great details .

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:34 am

Beautiful and amazing details!

Rogelio

discomorphella · Post by **discomorphella** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:13 pm

Those are beautiful shots of a VERY hard to photograph algae. You must have really had to squash it, those guys never cease to roll around.
I will have to try squashing some, now that the snow is melting in the Oregon coast range my pond is full of them.

David

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:28 pm

Very colorful, and the details are clear and sharp.

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:21 am

Thank you for your comments.

Regards
Ecki

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:07 am

beautiful pictures

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:17 pm

Definitely a difficult subject to photograph... small and very 3-dimensional. You managed to get these nice and flat with the cover.
Very nice image!