Soil Sample with Plant Matter and Fungi (1 of 2) (VIDEO)

American Society of Agronomy

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A soil sample with the remains of plant leaves after three weeks inside the sample. The leaf is shown in green. In gray are the mycelia of fungi consuming the leaf.

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Computed tomography scanning at Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory with the help of Dr. Mark Rivers.

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