My first slide!

[kblackwell]

Yay! I made my first slide, and took my first microscope photo.
These are spores from what I believe to be a mica cap mushroom found in my yard.
The photo was taken by holding my phone up to the eyepiece. It is a lot clearer to the naked eye.
I did get a trinocular microscope but haven't mounted a camera yet, so this is it. 400x

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[DonSchaeffer]

They came out pretty good.

[kblackwell]

Thanks. Considering it's a mediocre smartfone and I had to hold it steady, etc., the pic came out good.
I was really amazed, having never looked at spores before I was afraid I'd be struggling to find them, then fighting to focus on them but no, bam! There they were.

[DonSchaeffer]

Join the club! Welcome.