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Galls on Halodule wrightii, Chinese cabbage, and Veronica sp.

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LMGs of resting spores of Pseudoligniera verrucosa, Plasmodiophora brassicae, and Spongospora subterranea

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LMGs of young plasmodium, transitional plasmodium, and resting spores of Spongospora subterranea

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Secondary zoospores of Spongospora subterranea: LMG of intact zoospores, survey TEMG of zoosporangia in root hair, TEMG of centrioles (basal bodies)

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LMGs of resting spores of Plasmodiophora brassicae, Tetramyxa parasitica and Sorosphaera veronicae.

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TEMGs of resting spores of Polymyxa graminis, Spongospora subterranea, and Sorosphaera veronicae

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TEMGs of resting spores of Ostenfeldiella diplantherae, Sorosphaera veronicae, and Tetramyxa parasitica

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Metaphase of cruciform divisions: Bright field LMG of Feulgen-stained nuclei and CSLM of Feulgen-stained nuclei in Sorosphaera veronicae; TEMG of plastic embedded tissue in Tetramyxa parasitica

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TEMGs of metaphase of cruciform divisions in Tetramyxa parasitica, early anaphase in Sorosphaera veronicae, and late anaphase in Hillenburgia nasturtii

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TEMGs of pachynema (with synaptonemal complexes), metaphase I, and metaphase II of meiosis in Plasmodiophora brassicae

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TEMGs of synaptonemal complexes in Membranosorus heterantherae, Ostenfeldiella diplantherae, and Polymyxa betae

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Photos from Scandinavia: Carl-Adam Hæggstrom at Nåto Biological Station (Finland), Harald Mehus near Tromsø Norway, and Guy Hällfors near Tvärminne Zoological Station (Finland)

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Photos from the '80's: John Karling on the campus of Purdue University, Ian MacFarlane at Rothamsted, and Stefan Buczacki while visiting the high-voltage electron microscopy lab in Oxford

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Photos from the '80's: J. P. Braselton collecting Membranosorus on water star-grass in Cayuga Lake NY; the late Roger Wastie of the Scottish Crop Research Institute and grower Jim Cruickshank collecting potatoes with powdery scab; and Karin Martinsson collecting Callitriche infected with Sorodiscus at a site in southern Sweden.

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