Mistletoe haustorium, light micrograph

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Fluorescence light micrograph of a transverse section through the haustorium of a mistletoe (Viscum album) plant that has penetrated the woody tissue of a sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus). Mistletoe is hemiparasitic plant that absorbs water and nutrients from its host tree through the haustorium. Magnification 160x when printed at x 10 centimetres.

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Photo credit: © MAGDA TURZANSKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -, acer, album, berberine, biological, biology, botanical, botany, flora, fluorescence, fluorescent, haustoria, haustorium, hemiparasite, light, lm, maple, micrograph, microscopy, mistletoe, parasite, parasitic, plant, pseudoplatanusm, sycamore, tree, uv, viscum, wood, woody, xylem