Journal archives for June 2022

June 13, 2022

Microscopic Life in Sphagnum

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.

Posted on June 13, 2022 06:47 PM by rambryum rambryum | 22 observations | 2 comments | Leave a comment

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