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Fern gametophytes?

| Tue, May 01, 2018, 1:26 PM



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Took some matured leaflets from a Nephrolepis plant growing at our college and scraped the brown sacs (the sori) on its lower epidermis over the mud of my plant pots at home with an aim to disperse spores. The next day found some heart-shaped, tiny, green structures growing on the mud. Foldscoping those, it did seem like I grew gametophytes at home.
Some of the pictures :

IMG_20180326_125046 IMG_20180326_125053 IMG_20180326_125556 IMG_20180326_125448 IMG_20180326_125059 IMG_20180326_105825 IMG_20180326_125613 IMG_20180326_125621 IMG_20180326_125641

I expected to see gametes too, but did not see any. Chloroplasts are clearly visible and also the fact that gametophytes of Nephrolepis comprise only a monolayer of cells!

Regards,

A foldscopist.



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Type of Sample
microorganisms
Foldscope Lens Magnification
140x

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