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Hi Chris, Sorry, I only read your comment late last night so I’ll have to do the soaking today and put the specimen in the fridge tonight. I hope I get good results!
James
Here’s a micrograph I just took: 
[attachment=0]Site001 – Fungus004 – 10th August 2015.jpg[/attachment] Thanks Steve. No spores dropped last night, so I’m going to try again. I’ve cut a few slits in the fruitbody and placed it face down on the slide – fingers crossed!!!
The presence of a possible immature spore in my other micrographs seems encouraging…
Hi, Yes, that is one of the downsides of mycology! Everything is so similar.
Daedaleopsis confragosais only my 56th identified fungi species! 😳 This is the photo I took yesterday evening of the flesh coloured fruit body:
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Thanks again,James
Thanks Adam for the info. Does it matter where you keep the slides after they are prepared and looked at? What do you use to keep them? Here’s one more photo which I just took:
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.jpg[/attachment] The spores didn’t work, but I’ve left the twig lying directly on the slide. I’m away this afternoon so I can only look at the spores tomorrow. But this morning I’ve had another go at trying to find the basidia, cystidia etc. and I think I have better results. I don’t know what to look for though! 
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[attachment=0]Site001 – Fungus003 – 9th August 2015.jpg (6).jpg[/attachment] Thanks Andreas, I just snuck out now before the sun sets, the fruit body did turn flesh coloured!
I’m so glad I didn’t have to look at it under the microscope, I’m just starting out with that sort of thing!!
James
Chris Johnson wrote:jimmymac2 wrote:Can you make out anything from these photos?
No, the sample is too think. You only need a minute piece at a time, barely visible with the naked eye.
Awwww…. Tomorrow then
Quote:Take a piece of the twig and place it over a glass slide raised on two matchsticks (or something similar)
Is this what you had in mind? Is it too high?
[attachment=0]DSCN6472.jpg[/attachment] Can you make out anything from these photos? I couldn’t pick out any basidia or cystidia, but maybe you can see something else? If not I can have another go. As you said, it’s good practice! 
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