Some specialized guides prove too irresistable for me. As soon as I discovered the existence of Marjorie Hingley's Microscopic Life in Sphagnum, I had to have it. Sphagnum under the microscope is one of the most structurally bedazzling in the plant kingdom. Hingley's guide provides a methodology and broad guide to groups that can be encountered amongst the leaves. For expediency, I used the squeeze method (literally squeeze the Sphagnum) and then passed it through a paper coffee filter. Below are some of the larger creatures from the squeeze.
On Sphagnum leaves. Tiny.
On Mylia anomala in fen
Squeezed from Sphagnum water -- crustacean?
Squeezed from sphagnum
Best guess for unicellular green algae with ribbon-like chloroplast. Squeezed from Sphagnum
Squeezed from Sphagnum
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Very cool!
Great work!
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