Day 2: LGP-26-B2 (Potato Flesh)

May 28, 2026 • 7:25 AM UTC

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I'd already looked at the potato peel, so naturally the next question was — what does the inside look like? I scraped a thin sample of potato flesh and slid it under the foldscope, half expecting it to look similar. It didn't.
Observations:
The flesh appeared pale and cloud-like, with dense fibrous material and scattered dark specks. A single elongated fiber was visible, possibly a vascular strand running through the tissue. At higher magnification, what looked like starch granules caught the light beautifully — almost crystalline. The peel guards, but the flesh stores — and under a foldscope, that starchy interior looks nothing like the bland white chunk you'd see on a cutting board.

Here are what the samples looked like:

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