Request for Microscopy Techniques/Info

[diggleken]

Good luck Mike,
I'll watch this with interest, I'm in the same boat - sinking?
Cheers
Ken

[JennyS]

I will see how things go but the dissecting scope would obviously be the best solution.

When I'm trying to get a section from something very small it really helps to cut it using the dissecting scope at 10x - the razor blade looked scarily huge to begin with though

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

....I'd recommend getting a x60 objective....

x60 now on order , but will take a few weeks for stock to arrive.

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

....practise with a shop-bought ripe mushroom....

I will spare myself the embarrassment of explaining what happened re the mushrooms I bought. and will obtain some more suitable ones later this week.

Regards,
Mike.

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by diggleken

Good luck Mike, I'll watch this with interest, I'm in the same boat....

Cheers Ken.

Don't just watch, by all means chip in whenever you have need. Hopefully this thread will be a kickstart for people like ourselves who are just putting our feet into the waters of microscopy - and any queries that you have will no doubt be relevant to myself and others too.

Regards,
Mike.

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by JennyS

When I'm trying to get a section from something very small it really helps to cut it using the dissecting scope at 10x - the razor blade looked scarily huge to begin with though

Hi Jenny,
Yes, the scalpel looks like it could be used as a guillotine even under my desk magnifier.
When I sort the dissecting microscope out, that will be another learning curve.
Regards,
Mike.

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by stickman

....'How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus: Microscopic Features v.3' by D.L. Largent (Author), et al....

My copy finally arrived this morning.

As you say Nick, it really is an excellent book for detailed descriptions of all the various fungal features, and for clear explanations of all the associated microscopy techniques.

I'm now armed with Funga Nordica, and Microfungi on Land Plants too, so my excuses of not having the right info are diminishing fast.

More a case of "all the gear and not much idea" at the minute though. - but give me about twenty years to get to grips with it all, and I might be getting somewhere!!

Regards,
Mike.

[diggleken]

Go for it Mike, good luck - I suspect you will be posting and asking some good interesting stuff and knowledgable within a short time, knowing you.
My time is not currently very free, so have yet to start with microscopy in any meaningful way.................but in time!
Cheers
Ken