<p><img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/images%2F10462%2FKrgepYyrhvo7nT6p2cn3%2F271302ce-e34f-4cd7-b567-68c7e4d49bd0.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=4607c5d3-84da-4e63-b26f-6bab26f3951b"/>I had never heard nor seen these before seeing it here! I initially thought it was a fungus, but it is likely a “stellate trichrome”. If so, these structures typically act as a form of plant defense against environmental stressors. They can also serve as a form of storage unit for heavy metals, thus serving a sacrificial detoxification vessel. Cool! </p>

Stellate Trichrome(?)

Giant heliozoan eats rotifer!

Vorticella video test

Even more Vorticella! See some beautiful internal structure. 

Stellate Trichrome(?)

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