Hi everyone,
Recently, I’ve seen an increase of observations of microscopic organisms (mostly protozoa) seen through a microscope. I was wondering if the same could be done for pollen? I think there is a chance for expanding the world’s pollen catalog with these types of observations. Has something similar to this been done before? I’m curious.
Welcome to the forum! To my knowledge, there aren’t a bunch pollen observations on iNat. It seems like a cool idea, though. If you’re interested, you could create a traditional project to gather some matching observations.
Welcome to the forum!
I know of one project that collects microscopic images of pollen grains: Palynological Pals
It’s pretty small, and there are currently only a few observations covering even fewer plant species. I hope this will change at some point!
Great idea to take pollen pics under the microscope! Palynological Pals looks like a good project to use.
It would be great to include the pollen photos in an observation along with a more traditional photo of the flower / plant too!
Yes, that’s what I try to do! Otherwise, the pollen grain photos might be unidentifiable (at least to species level).
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