Thick fungal hyphae around a cells with an arbuscule inside the cell, false-coloured with 'fire' colours to depict 3D structure.
Mid-week #mycorrhiza 🍄
Just a particularly pretty arbuscule in a rice root cell colonised by the mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis, with a cool view down an intercellular hypha. Stained with WGA-Alexafluor488, imaged by CLSM, false-coloured by depth in root 🔥
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Nearly time for the Festival of Plants 2025!!! We'll be in the Pop-up Plant Science tent with microscopes, crafts, games and much more mycorrhizal fun🔬🖍️🎨🧩
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Mid-week #mycorrhiza 🍄
Been looking at the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita this week. Not only does it form ENORMOUS spores, but also bunches of knobbly 'auxiliary cells'.
Can't find a description of auxiliary cell function anywhere...does anyone know what they do?
#mycosci #fungi
