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Nigrospora Fungal Spores Under the Microscope

Nigrospora

A faint image of the darkfield illuminator can be seen in this over exposure of these spores. Nigrospora can look a magnetite sphere but the reflectivity is lower for Nigrospora and there is no conductive-interface birefringence with cross polarized light.

Transmitted Brightfield and Reflected Darkfield Illumination

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