Tissues (in Congo Red) of white resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis(?) from a thick wet pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas

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Sam Houston Forest, Texas, January 28, 2024

Album 3463: Sam Houston Forest, Texas, January 28, 2024

The image displays a microscopic view of tissues from a white resupinate polypore mushroom, identified as Skeletocutis(?), collected on January 28th, 2024, near Montgomery, Texas, USA.

This photo is taken through a microscope with a polarizing filter and stained using Congo Red stain. The tissue was prepared by placing it in a drop of water or saline solution on the stage of a microscope, covering it with a cover slip, and then adding a few drops of Congo Red stain. The slide was then placed under the microscope and the polarizing filter activated.

The image shows many fungal hyphae stained red-orange with Congo Red. This coloration is characteristic of chitin in the cell walls of fungi, which causes the Congo Red to bind tightly to it. The hyphae are long and thin, ranging from approximately 2-5 micrometers in diameter. They appear to be growing in a random pattern throughout the image.

Overall, this image provides a detailed view of the cellular structure of the Skeletocutis(?) fungus and its growth patterns within the tissues it was collected from. – AI vision

🇪🇸 Descripción en español / Spanish Description

Los tejidos (en rojo Congo) del hongo poliporo resupinado blanco Skeletocutis(?) de un tronco de pino húmedo grueso, recogido en el Bosque Nacional Sam Houston cerca de Montgomery, Texas, 28 de enero de 2024. La imagen muestra una vista microscópica de los tejidos de un hongo poliporo blanco resupinado, identificado como Skeletocutis(?), recogido el 28 de enero de 2024, cerca de Montgomery, Texas, EE. UU. Esta foto se tomó a través de un microscopio con un filtro polarizador y teñida con tinción rojo Congo. El tejido se preparó colocándolo en una gota de agua o solución salina sobre el portaobjetos del microscopio, cubriéndolo con un cubreobjetos y añadiendo después unas pocas gotas de tinción rojo Congo. El portaobjetos se colocó bajo el microscopio y el filtro polarizador se activó. La imagen muestra muchos hifas fúngicas teñidas de rojo-naranja con rojo Congo. Esta coloración es característica de la quitina en las paredes celulares de los hongos, que hace que el rojo Congo se una fuertemente a él. Las hifas son largas y delgadas, con un diámetro aproximado de 2-5 micrómetros. Parecen crecer en un patrón aleatorio en toda la imagen. En general, esta imagen proporciona una vista detallada de la estructura celular del hongo Skeletocutis(?) y sus patrones de crecimiento dentro de los tejidos que se recogieron. – Spanish translation

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