Contributor: Oliver Wilson (University of Reading)
Number of printable pieces: 1
Recommended print material: Polyactic acid (PLA)
Licence: CC Attribution
Overview
Pollen from false barley (Hordeum murinum, Poaceae).
This pollen type is typical of the grass family - pollen from giant bamboos looks extremely similar to pollen from lawn grass.
Grass pollen starts off as a rough sphere but often becomes folded or crumpled with time.
Technical description of Hordeum murinum pollen, from PalDat (Tweraser & Loos, 2016): medium-sized heteropolar monads, spheroidal or irregular, circular or irregular in polar view, ulcerate/monoporate with annulus, with areolate/microechinate/perforate exine.
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