Mapping A Tiny World - Sub 1mm Zoom On Strange Yellow Organism Covered In . . . Something

With this photo things get a little harder to define. First, although the image is less sharp, keep in mind that the area being viewed is absolutely tiny. It is a very small portion, under 1mm in area, of a small patch of what I think was a pre-existing fungus on the surface of the wood. However, part of the fungus remains a vibrant yellow, and other parts have turned white. It is covered in hundreds ofo little black dots, which could be bugs, but I think may be seeds or spores of some kind. They emanate from a giant pool of them which is the black mass in the near center of the photo. The challenge with this new microscope is not just going to be finding things, but actually learning about them. I've already engaged four different communities of myco/myxo enthusiasts and the results have nonetheless been lackluster. At this level of detail, information can be scarce.

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