Basic Botany slide set of 25

Set of 25 microscope slides with botanical specimens representing the major plant groups:

• Chlamydomonas E
• Spirogyra, vegetative E
• Spirogyra, conjugation E
• Mucor, conjugation
• Zea (maize), root TS
• Helianthus, stem TS
• Pinus (pine) leaf TS
• Prunus (cherry) leaf TS
• Zea, stem TS
• Mnium, archegonial head VS
• Mnium (moss) antheridial head VS
• Saccharomyces (yeast) budding
• Penicillium, mycelium and conidia
• Marchantia (liverwort) thallus, antheridia VS
• Marchantia, thallus, archegonia VS
• Marchantia, developing sporogonium VS
• Dryopteris (fern), pinnule with sori TS
• Dryopteris prothallus with antheridia and archegonia E
• Fucus, dioecious antheridial and oogonial conceptacles;
• Helianthus (sunflower) young root TS
• Tilia (lime) young and old stem TS
• Cucurbita (marrow) stem, for sieve tubes LS
• Ranunculus (buttercup) flower bud LS
• Pollen grains, wind and insect distribution E
• Allium (onion) root apex, mitosis LS.

Useful knowledge of Prepared microscope slides

C.S. = Cross Section: slide shows a thin section through the transverse plane of an organism or tissue.
L.S. = Longitudinal Section: slide shows a vertical section of the organism along the longest plane.
C.S. & L.S. = Cross Section and Longitudinal Section on the same slide for comparison
W.M. = Whole Mount: slide shows an entire organism or structure, as indicated, is preserved on the slide