15 December 2017

Dandelion

A Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) cross section showing curved stigma with pollen, magnified 25x.

Honorable Mention in the 2017 Nikon Small World photography competition. 
 
Credit: Dr. Robert Markus, Nottingham, United Kingdom

2 comments:

  1. I wonder why the pollen in this photo isn't yellow?

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    1. Perhaps it's a colorized scanning electron microscopic image.

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