Contributor: Oliver Wilson (University of Reading)
Number of printable pieces: 1
Recommended print material: Polyactic acid (PLA)
Licence: CC Attribution
Overview
Pollen from silver birch (Betula pendula, Betulaceae).
Birch pollen is a very common cause of tree-pollen hayfever - possibly second only to oaks.
Technical description of Betula pendula pollen, from PalDat (Halbritter, 2016): small isopolar monads, spheroidal or irregular, circular or irregular in polar view, triporate with annuli, and with a psilate, rugulate or microechinate exine.
This model is part of the 3D Pollen Project.
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