Here is my first Foldscope video I filmed on April 12th, 2017!

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 I am getting used to focusing, holding the Foldscope/phone, and optimizing lighting, all at the same time! (Using “Frontiers”  Foldscope, indoor natural light, iPhone 4S)


 I certainly wasn’t expecting those organisms swimming in this goo. (4/19/2017 update: They are nematodes. Thank you, Laks and Manu for identification help!)


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 Back in February, 2017, the brown goo looked like this:


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 My mycology friends helped me identify them as
 
 Amanita gemmata
 
 . I picked one near San Leandro Creek in Oakland, CA. After observing their gills using fluorescence/DIC, I stored it in my fridge and completely forgot about it! So happy to revisit the specimen to make more discoveries!


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