Re: Specimen ID

On 3 May 2005 12:40:54 GMT, jjedwab@xxxxxxxxx (jacques jedwab) wrote:

>In article <t7cd71pvmliqeq1kqsvaen8ud2djrpmpds@xxxxxxx>, Gary G
><see.signature@bottom> wrote:
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>> I found an usual clump in an outside corner of a door and figured that
>> it was another wasp nest. Nope. It was fiber-like and very black
>> inside, of powder consistency. I figure that it is a fungus. The
>> "spores" look like pollen but differ in the protrusions that one would
>> see on white blood cells. The following are links to images of this
>> stuff. Anyone have a clue to what this is?
>>
>> http://www.microtechnics.com/fungi-1kx-1ann.jpg
>>
>>
>> http://www.microtechnics.com/fungi-10kx-1ann.jpg
>>
>> Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
>
>Aspergillus niger comes obviously to mind, but you know probably more about it.
>
>One finds several Aspergillus species under:
>
>http://schimmel-schimmelpilze.de/schimmelpilz/aspergillus-niger.html
>
>Your pictures seem much better than those currently displayed.
>
>J.J.

Thanks for the feedback. There is some similarity to the spore-like
features but there is no stalk that is characteristic of A niger:

http://www.microtechnics.com/aspergillus%20niger7-4500xc.jpg

The folded things that look like pollen are what? If they are spores,
what are the round things? They are really almost perfect spheres.
There is material that is tightly clumped in each sphere but the
surface is quite even.

Odd.

Thanks again.

Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com
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