nybg: “Blood cells,” you think to yourself. But you’re wrong—these spikemoss spores are only magnified 20 times. In this case the larger megaspores will germinate into female gametophytes, while the microspores ultimately germinate into male gametophytes. It’s all very…romantic? —MN magnified-world: Megaspores and microspores of [the Selaginella genus of mosses], at 20x magnification.  6th place in the 1983 Nikon Small World Competition.

nybg:

“Blood cells,” you think to yourself. But you’re wrong—these spikemoss spores are only magnified 20 times. In this case the larger megaspores will germinate into female gametophytes, while the microspores ultimately germinate into male gametophytes.

It’s all very…romantic? —MN

magnified-world:

Megaspores and microspores of [the Selaginella genus of mosses], at 20x magnification.  6th place in the 1983 Nikon Small World Competition.

(Source: nikonsmallworld.com)

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