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Slime mold on agar plate with oats.
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[69x] In this image you can see that the sporangium has split open. Â The electron microscope operates under high vacuum and really dries specimens out. Â This drying probably broke open the sac. Â Note the white spots on the sporangium and the fibers of the paper towel in the background.
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[360x]
A close-up of the stalk of the fruiting body. It is collapsed because of the high vacuum in the microscope.
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A close-up of the stalk of the fruiting body. Â It is collapsed because of the high vacuum in the microscope. Â
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[100x]
Spores inside the spore sac.
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[1,800x] Slime mold spores - some on top of the spore sac and some still in the sporangium. Â Notice the white glands on the surface of the sporangium.
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Spores at 3,700x magnification. Â The lines across the image are and artifact of the imaging process.
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[270x] The white spots that were visible with the dissecting scope appear in two different forms - a collection of small glands and some fibrous structures.
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[1,000x]
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[1,390x] To the right of the image are some individual spores. Note the sizes. What are the functions of the white glandular and fibrous structures? I have no idea.
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[1500x] There appear to be small glands all over the outside of the spore sac both singly and in clusters.
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Slime mold growing on paper towel with fruiting bodies.
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Photo of fruiting bodies on slime mold.
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In this image you can see that the older parts of the fruiting bodies are drying out and ready to release spores.
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Close up of a single fruiting body.
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Close up of a single fruiting body showing the attachment of the stalk to the sporangium.
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Fruiting body.
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[49x] SEM of fruiting body.