Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi image gallery
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi image gallery
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Welcome to the image gallery, featuring micrographs (photos taken through a microscope) of AM fungi at different stages in their lives. Details of the plants, fungi and microscopy techniques involved in each micrograph can be found in the drop-down text-boxes.
Welcome to the image gallery, featuring micrographs (photos taken through a microscope) of AM fungi at different stages in their lives. Details of the plants, fungi and microscopy techniques involved in each micrograph can be found in the drop-down text-boxes.
If you wish to use these images, please refer to the Terms of Use.
If you wish to use these images, please refer to the Terms of Use.
Outside the root
Who: AM fungus (Rhizophagus irregularis)
Where: Crop Science Centre laboratory, Cambridge, UK
How: AM fungus grown on agar plates, supported by carrot roots, and imaged live with compound brightfield microscope
Who: AM fungus (Rhizophagus irregularis)
Where: Crop Science Centre laboratory, Cambridge, UK
How: AM fungus grown on agar plates, supported by carrot roots, and imaged live with compound brightfield microscope
Who: AM fungus (Rhizophagus irregularis)
Where: Crop Science Centre laboratory, Cambridge, UK
How: AM fungus grown on agar plates, supported by carrot roots, and imaged live with compound brightfield microscope
Inside the root
Who: AM fungus (Rhizophagus irregularis) inside root of rice
Where: Crop Science Centre laboratory, Cambridge, UK
How: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (false-coloured grey) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope
Who: Arbuscule of unknown AM fungus inside root cell of daisy
Where: Arbury Primary School, Cambridge, UK
How: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (false-coloured by depth in root) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope
Who: Unknown AM fungus inside roots of ivy
Where: National Museum of Wales, UK
How: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (false-coloured grey) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope
Who: Unknown AM fungus inside roots of willowherb
Where: Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve, UK
How: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (false-coloured grey) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope
Who: Unknown AM fungus inside root of buttercup
Where: Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve, UK
How: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (false-coloured by depth in root) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope
Who: Arbuscule of unknown AM fungus inside root cell of daisy
Where: Arbury Primary School, Cambridge, UK
How: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (false-coloured by depth in root) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope
Who: Unknown AM fungus inside roots of unknown plant
Where: Wilburton C of E Primary School, Ely, UK
How: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (false-coloured grey) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope
Who: Unknown AM fungus inside roots of lettuce
Where: Arbury Allotments, Cambridge, UK
How: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (false-coloured grey) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope
Who: Unknown AM fungus inside roots of bramble
Where: Wilburton C of E Primary School, Ely, UK
How: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (false-coloured by depth in root) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope
Who: Arbuscule of AM fungus (Rhizophagus irregularis) inside root cell of maize
Where: Crop Science Centre laboratory, Cambridge, UK
How: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (false-coloured by depth in root) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope
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