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
On Calliergon leaves along fen margin
Squeezed ffrom Sphagnum in fen
Squeezed from Sphagnum water -- crustacean?
Best guess for spiny desmid-looking thing squeezed from Sphagnum
Squeezed from sphagnum
Best guess for unicellular green algae with ribbon-like chloroplast. Squeezed from Sphagnum
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Very cool!
Great work!
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