mydogatethearchivalsamples's Identifications
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Red Firedot Lichen (Polycauliona luteominia)Observer
veltkampDescription
Hunters Island accessed with permission from USFWS for seabird research with OSU.
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Observer
bennett-sDescription
Sessile green organisms living anchored to a living copepod’s carapace. From a vernal pool.
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Biting Midges (Family Ceratopogonidae)Observer
closterium_mysteriumDescription
A water sample was taken from the shore of the Srednerogatsky Pond. Air temp. 14°C (57,2 °F). The sample was keep at room temperature until assayed after 6 days.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
mnold1Description
Mag. 400x
Imaged are 3 different individuals. Their similarity (gourd-like) prompted me to group them.
The degree of cytoplasmic streaming was most vigorous in the 2 specimens with the longer "extensions". To view videos, see https://youtu.be/D3tdH9whJTw and https://youtu.be/n7b7cfWbyx8. Not sure what these might be, protist, germinating spores or ???.
- A water sample was taken on 4/18/2023, from the shore of Avery Swamp impoundment, using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microbes. Air temp. 50°F.
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Observer
bennett-sDescription
Sessile green organisms living anchored to a living copepod’s carapace. From a vernal pool.
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Family DaphniidaeObserver
animalculeDescription
100x, 100x + zoom (polarized), 250x + zoom :: centennial lake
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Genus AulacoseiraObserver
someplantDescription
Magnification of photos: 100×, 400×, 400×, 600×, 600×
Habitat: muddy water, squeezed out of the vernal pool at Allandale Woods
Photo taken with a Celestron PentaView Digital Microscope. According to their website, the FOV (i.e. the diagonal width) at 100× is 600 µm.
https://www.celestron.com/blogs/knowledgebase/what-is-my-digital-microscopes-field-of-view
Possibly a diatom?
Stats
- 137 IDs made for others
