Rotten wood, SEM
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of rotten beech wood from the Northern Black Forest, Germany. This wood had been broken down by a white rot fungus that has digested the lignin in the wood, leaving the lighter-coloured cellulose behind. Magnification: x1000 when printed at 15cm wide., by EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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