Browse Items (23 total)
Zea mays (Haudenosaunee White Corn - dried)
Surface: rugose
Outer wall: double
Hilum: centric, often open
Extinction cross: well defined, arms are straight or slightly bent (reflecting uneven surface)
Lamellae: absent
Fissures: present -…
Tags: corn, double border, double wall, extinction cross, haudenosaunee, mays, PEG, polygonal, starch grain, zea
Vicia faba (Broad Bean)
Surface: smooth-wrinkled
Outer wall: single
Hilum: centric
Extinction cross: bold, often with more than 4 arms
Lamellae: absent (rarely visible)
Fissures: present - often longitudinal …
Tags: broad bean, ellipsoid, extinction cross, faba, non-lenticular, ovoid, polarized light, starch, starch grain, vicia
Typha latifolia (Bulrush)
Surface: smooth-rugose
Outer wall: single
Hilum: centric - semi-eccentric
Extinction cross: bowed X shape cross.
Lamellae: absent
Fissures: often present (centric y shape)
Size: within this sample ~6…
Tags: bulrush, circular, extinction cross, latifolia, ovate, polarized light, starch, starch grain, typha
Triticum monococcum (Einkorn)
Surface: smooth
Outer wall: single
Hilum: centric, closed
Extinction cross: radially symmetrical
Lamellae: faint
Fissures: absent
Plant part: grain
Supporting…
Tags: einkorn, extinction cross, lenticular, monococcum, starch, starch grain, triticum, wheat
Triticum monococcum (Einkorn)
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Tags: articulated, dendritic, einkorn, elongate, long cell, monococcum, phytolith, triticum
Triticum dicoccum (Emmer)
Surface: smooth
Outer wall: single
Hilum: centric
Extinction cross: radially symmetrical
Lamellae: faint/not visible
Fissures: rare - centric
Plant part:…
Tags: dicoccum, globular, polarized light, starch, starch grain, triticum, y filter
Solanum tuberosum (Potato)
Surface: smooth
Outer wall: single
Hilum: eccentric, rarely open
Extinction cross: well defined, arms slightly bent
Lamellae: present
Fissures: rare
Size: ranging…
Tags: conical, eccentric, eccentric hilum, extinction cross, potato, solanum, starch grain, triangular, tuber, tuberosum, USO, y filter
Schoenoplectus lacustris (Common club-rush)
Tags: 100x, acicular, articulated, hair, lacustris, phytolith, schoenoplectus, sedge