Main

FERN & MITE

| Tue, Jul 03, 2018, 12:36 PM



Main

During this first week of summer vacation, I got the opportunity of explore my nearby forested areas for foldscoping. In this post I am sharing an interesting observation that I never been seen before. I have collected some fern fronds with mature sporangium and bring them to laboratory. Firstly, I have tried to observe the rhizome and then the sporangia. When I was trying to get good picture of the sporangium some mobility is observed. So I adjust the foldscope….. and that make me astonished. There was a mite(?) of red colour. For better viewing please see the videos

Untitled-1
The mite (??)
IMG20170413152159
The fern plant
IMG20170413150339
View of the Sporangium
IMG20170413150303
Spores



Locations



Categories

Type of Sample
unknown
Foldscope Lens Magnification
140x

Comments