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Golden Teacher Spore Microscopy
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Some of you may have seen my GT Porn the other day:

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/9693483#9693483

And, as is my practice, I like to view the spores off any mushroom (batch--not individual mushroom) I grow and intend to ingest, I pulled a tiny mushroom off my second flush and prepared a quick and dirty microscope slide "smear". I was too lazy to prepare a proper slide, but this generally works.

Anyways, I figured I'd share the photo. My USB cam that goes into my scope was having software issues, so this is a really crappy photo taken by holding a conventional cam up to one of the eyepieces. As a result, it's a little darker and blurrier than it is as seen through the scope (because of slight movement due to handholding the cam), but it's still halfway decent. Pic taken at 400x magnification. You can see some of the mushroom gill material and the spores attached to it. This weekend if I have time I'll do a proper slide and use oil to take a 1000x picture. Until then, here you go:


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Re: Golden Teacher Spore Microscopy [Re: Mentonaut]
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May I ask what sort of microscope you are using? Is it one of the ones you attach to the PC via USB with an included cam? If so, I am impressed, because I didn't think they'd actually be that good. I know that every serious mycologist (or any serious microscopist) would shake their head at those, but for now what you got there is just what I am looking for.


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Re: Golden Teacher Spore Microscopy [Re: German Kahuna]
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Well, I was lucky enough that the owner of a lab microscope service business happens to live in my area, and stumbled across her on ebay. I ended up chatting with her and she had this used chinese microscope that she generally sells to veterinary students (who were required to have their own microscope). It's labeled a Westover Scientific, but she said they're branded under a bunch of generic names like that. Anyways, she had a vet student sell it back to her when he graduated I think, and she upgraded some parts and lens on it for me and gave me a great deal. She also sold me a USB camera for under $100 that replaces one of the eyepieces and does a better job.

Overall, the scope is excellent for the price, and that photo is really crappy compared to what you see through the lens. It literally is just me holding my Sony SuperSteadyShot camera up to the eyepiece and holding it as steady as I can. If I can fix my software issues with the USB cam I'll get photos from that up later.

Anyways, here's a picture of the scope to give you an idea what it is:


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Re: Golden Teacher Spore Microscopy [Re: Mentonaut]
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nice scope mentonaut. How much was it if you don't mind me asking ?

I picked up one from a tag sale a few years ago. its missing the 40mm lens, and took a few days of work to clean up. gets the job done for 40 bucks though..



Its not really on my short list , but i would love to upgrade to something nicer down the road.. maybe with a USB cam that would be sweet.

I have way to much fun looking at my sperm !!! what can i say , the little guys are cute.

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Re: Golden Teacher Spore Microscopy [Re: reality_check]
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Yeah, I confess to looking at my sperm once or twice too. :smile:

If I recall correctly, I think I paid around $285 for the scope, and she threw in a bunch of slides, covers, oil, cleaning supplies, etc.

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