The Thing
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 4:02 am
ID please, Nikon BD Plan 20x, Optiphot, Rheinberg/Oblique/Polarisation, found in the lake
Thanks,
Saul
Thanks,
Saul
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Thanks !75RR wrote:Great images and very interesting 'thing' Do you have an idea of the approximate size? That might help someone to identify it.
Can it be from the lake (Chicagoland) ? Google states that Prorocentrum is marine ....chrisskee wrote:check Prorocentrum (? prorocentrum micas)
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Not too small for the seed ? Forgot to mention - it was almost transparentSauerkraut wrote:These look similar in size, shape, and color to sedge grass seeds (species info unknown) that I collected today alongside the pond. The tiny seeds were contained inside larger black husks, which I initially mistook for the seeds.
I did not see hexagonal patterning but didn't look that closely either.
So maybe a seed?
Surprisingly, no. Using a stage micrometer, the grass seeds measure out to the same dimensions you noted: ~ 0.5 mm long x 0.25 mm wide. They are teeny tiny seeds, but not quite as pointed on the one end as your 'thing' is. I'm trying to see if they will germinate.Saul wrote: Not too small for the seed ? Forgot to mention - it was almost transparent
Heather, thank you very much for your kind comment !Sauerkraut wrote:Surprisingly, no. Using a stage micrometer, the grass seeds measure out to the same dimensions you noted: ~ 0.5 mm long x 0.25 mm wide. They are teeny tiny seeds, but not quite as pointed on the one end as your 'thing' is. I'm trying to see if they will germinate.Saul wrote: Not too small for the seed ? Forgot to mention - it was almost transparent
Your images are beautiful, btw.
Heather
Unless I have misread your location, you shouldn't have much trouble locating sedges along much of the lakeshore. There are large numbers of them up by Montrose Beach (bring the dog if you have one!!!).Saul wrote:Heather, thank you very much for your kind comment !
Will go to the same place to look for this grass ....
Yep,remember where I found itdtsh wrote:...Unless I have misread your location, you shouldn't have much trouble locating sedges along much of the lakeshore...