This confocal micrograph shows wheat stigma (green) infected with Claviceps fungus (yellow). The image was captured with a confocal microscope using a 40X objective. A related image is available as ...

This confocal micrograph shows wheat stigma hairs (blue) infected with ergot fungus (shown in light pink). The stigma hairs are part of the female reproductive organs of the plant. When a pollen grain...

Phase contrast micrograph of spore formation and release in Aspergillus, an ascomycete, using a semi-thin stained section stained blue. Chains of asexual spores (conidia) bud off from the projections ...

Scanning electron micrograph of Botrytis sp. (a mold) on the skin of a Pinot noir grape. Botrytis sp is grey-mold called nobel rot on wine grapes.

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of rust on a rose leaf. Rose rust is a disease specific to roses and is caused by the parasitic fungus Phragmidium tuberculatum and some other closely related s...

A light micrograph of a thin slice through a cup fungus called Peziza. It grows on decaying wood and organic matter and reproduces itself by producing ascospores. This section shows the fungus' spore ...