The culprits of allergies in all their glory
Categories: Nature
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/the-culprits-of-allergies-in-all-their-glory.htmlPeople with grass pollen allergies can now look their biggest enemy in the face - thanks to scanning electron microscope photographs of the pollen. Swiss scientist Martin Oeggerli used a scanning electron microscope to take photographs of pollen grains in his basement.
1. Willow pollen stuck between the petals of a flower. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
2. Pollen grains in all their splendor of shapes and sizes. The large object in the center is pumpkin pollen, the tiny object just below and to the right of it is forget-me-not pollen. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
3. Gray granules – pollen grains from viburnum laurel. One of them began to turn into a tube through which the sperm passes into the ovary of the ovary. Yellow granules are pollen from other plant species. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
4. Birch pollen. Birch pollen falls between March and May, so April is the month when allergy sufferers are most unlucky. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
5. Pollen from mallow. Its spines help it cling to the feathers of birds. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
6. Leucophyllum pollen has a sticky coating so that animals can carry it. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
7. Pollen grains on forest geranium. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
8. Pollen from lilies. Pollen allergies occur in many people. Cells in the nose and eyes release histamine and other chemicals when they come into contact with pollen, causing red eyes and a runny nose. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
9. Pollen from alder. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
10. Bear paw pollen. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
11. Pistia pollen (also known as water lettuce or fragrant water lily). (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
12. Bromeliad pollen. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
13. Pine pollen. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
14. Albizia (also known as silk tree) pollen. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
15. Venus flytrap pollen. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
16. Forget-me-not pollen. This flower has some of the smallest pollen grains - only one five-thousandth of a millimeter in diameter. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
17. Enlarged photo of forget-me-not pollen. (MICRONAUT / CATERS NEWS)
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