just because I can't see it doesn't mean it's not there...

This is from one of the boring dusty-looking slides I've been growing. Lovely dust! And covered in all kinds of Diversity!

I'm besotted with the beauty and charm of the tiny diatoms. I bet they taste nice. I bet they are juicy-fresh-tasting and sugary-salty like a lovely cucumber salad in a delicious crispy coat. Now surely any mollusc would fancy snacking on that for a light starter.

Still, not much use for my purposes. Perhaps it's time to raid the Winogradsky column...

slide show

Just having a look at what is actually on that crusty slide I grew, to see what I could see... lots of fungal hyphae and fruiting bodies, yeasts, bacteria, algae, what you'd expect really...