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Offlinekneesocks
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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: MUSH HEAD420]
    #19135134 - 11/14/13 08:31 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Just buy a cheap microscope capable of 400x and do spore lookups if you really want to be sure.

And to save you some effort in the future, ID first and pick later.


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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: kneesocks]
    #19135191 - 11/14/13 08:51 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Well a sample to have in front of you helps. Also finding the spot again, if in the woods could be difficult.


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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: kneesocks]
    #19135198 - 11/14/13 08:53 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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kneesocks said:
Just buy a cheap microscope capable of 400x and do spore lookups if you really want to be sure.

And to save you some effort in the future, ID first and pick later.




Paid 3.50 for mine at a salvation army. All I had to do was fix the light.Kids scope that goes to 900x. No pics or measuring but good for spore comparisons.


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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: ZippyHippyinWA]
    #19135217 - 11/14/13 08:59 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I understand that, these little one's are purple-blackish, the one's I thought could be rotting cyans were brownish sadly. I will pay more attention to gills today.


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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: ZippyHippyinWA]
    #19135221 - 11/14/13 09:00 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

=D

I'm actually using my beginner's microscope that I got for my 13th birthday.


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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: kneesocks] * 1
    #19135236 - 11/14/13 09:05 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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ZippyHippyinWA said:
Paid 3.50 for mine at a salvation army. All I had to do was fix the light.Kids scope that goes to 900x. No pics or measuring but good for spore comparisons.





You can measure if you borrow or buy a stage micrometer, take a picture of it with each objective, and then take pictures of the things you want to measure.  Download Piximetre and calibrate it with the pic of the stage micrometer, than proceed to accurately measure anything you can see in the future.

The site is in French but the program can run in English too!  All you need to know is that Téléchargez is french for Download.

The cheapest stage micrometer on ebay is $13 -  http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_sop=15&_nkw=stage+micrometer&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1


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=D

I'm actually using my beginner's microscope that I got for my 13th birthday.





The best cheap microscope that works well for mycology is the Amscope b-100ms.

The thing you should check for when getting a cheap scope is the 100x oil objective.  Real microscopes have them, toy scopes don't.


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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #19135283 - 11/14/13 09:18 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)



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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #19135302 - 11/14/13 09:20 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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ZippyHippyinWA said:
Paid 3.50 for mine at a salvation army. All I had to do was fix the light.Kids scope that goes to 900x. No pics or measuring but good for spore comparisons.





You can measure if you borrow or buy a stage micrometer, take a picture of it with each objective, and then take pictures of the things you want to measure.  Download Piximetre and calibrate it with the pic of the stage micrometer, than proceed to accurately measure anything you can see in the future.

The site is in French but the program can run in English too!  All you need to know is that Téléchargez is french for Download.

The cheapest stage micrometer on ebay is $13 -  http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_sop=15&_nkw=stage+micrometer&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1


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kneesocks said:
=D

I'm actually using my beginner's microscope that I got for my 13th birthday.





The best cheap microscope that works well for mycology is the Amscope b-100ms.

The thing you should check for when getting a cheap scope is the 100x oil objective.  Real microscopes have them, toy scopes don't.




VERY cool info Alan, Thank you very much!


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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: MUSH HEAD420]
    #19135308 - 11/14/13 09:22 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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I like this one, any comments? http://www.microscopenet.com/40x2000x-binocular-biological-compound-microscope-p-9100.html?gclid=CLaN5rXW5LoCFS8S7Aodb2sAkg





Yes looks good!

If the immersion oil they include smells like cedar, throw it out and order a little bottle of Cargille type A.

You will also need a stage micrometer to calibrate it.

You can try various cameras you have sitting around to take pictures, or order a digital eyepiece.  If you have a DSLR get the adaptor from microscopenet.com.


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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #19135328 - 11/14/13 09:26 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Thanks Alan, I want to use a digital camera with it. Sounds much easier to use a built in digital camera.


Edited by MUSH HEAD420 (11/14/13 09:28 AM)


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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: MUSH HEAD420]
    #19135612 - 11/14/13 10:40 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Dont eat those. Not active for sures.


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Re: Found today, hope I've finally done it right. Help I.D. Please! [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #19135627 - 11/14/13 10:45 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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If the immersion oil they include smells like cedar, throw it out and order a little bottle of Cargille type A.




It will. Since he advent of suitable synthetic oils and adhesives, the world's largest market for canada balsam is probably frustrating new microscopists.

:laugh:


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