Fluorescence micrograph of young sporangia, an enclosure in which spores are formed, of slime mold Arcyria stipata. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.

Fluorescent image of the sporangium, an enclosure in which spores are formed, of the slime mold Craterium minutum. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.

Fluorescent image of the sporangium, an enclosure in which spores are formed, of the slime mold Physarum leucophaeum. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®

A brightfield, multi-focus stack image of a sorus of Asplenium trichomanes (maidenhair spleenwort), a small fern. A sorus is a cluster of sporangia, which produce and contain spores. Honorable Menti...