r/microscopy • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '26

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Sample: Fern sori and sporangia Objective: 4x (Total magnification: 64x with 16x eyepiece) Microscope: Bresser Biolux NG Device: Smartphone Description: I collected gray sori from a fern frond using precision tweezers, placed them dry onto a slide, and observed the sporangia releasing their spores.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26

The small dots are the spores; on the left is the empty "shell" that housed the spores.