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avena_sativa_starch_01a.jpg
Shape: Faceted Lenticular - angular/circular in plan view, biconvex in side view.
Surface: smooth
Outer wall: single
Hilum: centric
Extinction cross: radially symmetrical, bold
Lamellae: absent
Fissures: absent
Plant part: grain

Diagnostic…

cicer_starch_40x_1a.jpg
Shape: ovoid / spherical starch grains (non-lenticular). Some forms were almost reniform.
Size: ~12 - 15 microns in this sample.
Surface: smooth
Outer wall: single
Hilum: centric / semi-eccentric
Extinction cross: bilaterally symmetrical, with…

equi_arv_epidermal_sheet-20x.jpg
Stomata and epidermal phytoliths.

Stomata and epidermal cells are diagnostic at the genus level (Equisetum). Epidermal cells feature "granulate surfaces and elevated projections along the edges" (Morris et al. 2009: 346; Piperno…

equi_fluv_20x-epidermalsheet4.jpg
Articulated epidermal and stomata cells.

Stomata and epidermal cells are diagnostic at the genus level (Equisetum). Epidermal cells feature "granulate surfaces and elevated projections along the edges" (Morris et al. 2009: 346; Piperno…

Bere3epidermalMC.jpg
Elongate dendritic long cells (multi-cellular articulated) - Diagnostic

Plant part: cereal inflorescence

BereEchinate.jpg
Elongate dendritic long cells (multi-cellular articulated) - Diagnostic

Plant part: cereal inflorescence

BereRondel.jpg
Rondels, diagnostic at Family level: Poaceae (Pooideae and Chlorideae).

These rondels were common in this modern sample of Hordeum inflorescence bracts alongside the elongate dendritic forms.

Hordeum vulgare starch 4c.png
Shape: Lenticular - Circular/sub-circular in plan view, biconvex in side view.
Surface: smooth, sometimes with very faint dimples. Surface facets may be present, or a slight indentation at the hilum.
Outer wall: single
Hilum: centric &…

lens_culin_starch_40x_3a.jpg
Shape: ovoid and sometimes kidney shaped/reniform (non-lenticular)
Surface: smooth - wrinkled
Outer wall: single
Hilum: centric
Extinction cross: bilaterally symmetrical and often diffuse (Henry et al. 2009: Table 2).
Lamellae:…

P_coccineus_40x_starch_1a.jpg
Shape: ovoid - ellipsoid / kidney shaped (reniform) starch grains and sphere shaped starch grains (transitory)
Surface: smooth-wrinkled
Outer wall: single
Hilum: centric
Extinction cross: bold, yet distorted medially as both y and x…
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