Microscopic observation archives

By considering the biomass^[1] and lifespan superiority of some microscopic beings in comparison to us human beings, we can look outside of our mammals’ bubble for a moment. Thus, we reach the bubble of decomposers, beings who make life on this planet possible, out of our sight. Without them, our world is rotten forever, since they recycle everything that was, once, alive. As well as pollinators allow plants to reproduce, decomposers transform organic matter in mineral food for plants, the basic trophic level of most ecosystems. They are everywhere, and we domesticated some of them to produce our own food, from cheese to bread and wine. However, as apex predators, we exist only because they sustain themselves since millions of years.

Diagrams sourced from The biomass distribution on Earth, Yinon M. Bar-On, Rob Phillips, Ron Milo.

Microscope used for our researches.

Type: Biological-/ Stereo-type microscope
Model: BRESSER BioDiscover
Year of production: 2007
Magnification table:

Eypiece	Objective	Magnification	with Barlow lens
5x	4x	20x	40x
5x	10x	50x	100x
5x	40x	200x	400x
16x	4x	64x	128x
16x	10x	160x	320x
16x	40x	640x	1280x

November 2020 | Blue Ardenne collect

The Soft Protest Digest followed this path to explore a glimpse of the Blue Ardenne.

Context of collect	Date of collect	Date of observation	Items observed
Hike in the Blue Ardenne	16th of November 2020	January 2021	Fungi^[2] and small animals crawling in samples.

Observations made while hiking

Amanita muscaria	Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina	Fomes fomentarius old	Fomes fomentarius young	Polyporaceae corda	Meruliaceae	Hypoxylaceae

Fungi (mycelium organ) grown on mushroom

Macroscopic view of the observed sample.

Hypoxylacae conidium	Hypoxylacae and Penicillium conidiums	Tyrophagus putrescentiae	Tenebrionidae family	Beetle wing	Fungi on beetle

Lichen ^[3]