Adiantum pedatum Spore
This is the spore of the Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum).
Transmitted Brightfield Illumination
Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.
Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991
http://apsa.anu.edu.au/
Definition/Function:
KINGDOM: Plantae DIVISION: Pteridophyta CLASS: Pteridopsida ORDER: Pteridales FAMILY: Adiantaceae GENUS: Adiantum SPECIES: pedantumSignificance in the Environment:
Characteristic Features:
Associated Particles:
References:
Click here for images of over 15,000 pollens and spores. Faegri, Knut and Johs Iversen, TEXTBOOK OF POLLEN ANALYSIS, Hafner Publishing Company, 1964.Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.
Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991
http://apsa.anu.edu.au/
