Spores (in KOH) of brown puffball mushrooms from a grassy path, collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas

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Lake Somerville, Texas, February 14, 2024

Album 3471: Lake Somerville, Texas, February 14, 2024

This microscopic image captures numerous spores suspended in potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution.

The spores are spherical and greenish-yellow in color with a darker center, ranging in size from approximately 2-3 micrometers to around 4-5 micrometers. They exhibit distinct characteristics, such as small protrusions or appendages at the top of each sphere, which appear to be connected to the sphere by thin threads. The KOH solution is clear and colorless.

The background of the image appears white, suggesting that it was captured using a microscope with a white light source or possibly illuminated with another method not specified in the caption. – AI vision

🇪🇸 Descripción en español / Spanish Description

Esas son esporas (en KOH) de hongos puffball marrones encontrados en un camino con hierba, recolectadas en el Lake Somerville Trailway cerca de la Nails Creek Unit del Somerville Lake State Park, Texas, el 14 de febrero de 2024. Esta imagen microscópica muestra numerosas esporas suspendidas en una solución de hidróxido de potasio (KOH). Las esporas son esféricas y de color amarillo verdoso con un centro más oscuro, midiendo entre 2-3 micrómetros y 4-5 micrómetros. Tienen características distintivas como pequeñas protuberancias o apéndices en la parte superior de cada esfera, que parecen estar conectados a la esfera por hilos finos. La solución de KOH es transparente e incolora. El fondo de la imagen aparece blanco, lo que sugiere que se capturó usando un microscopio con una fuente de luz blanca o posiblemente iluminado con otro método no especificado en el subtítulo. – Spanish translation

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