[Taxacom] Water soluble mounting media

[Richard Zander]

I managed to get a small bottle of the dimethyl hydantoin formaldehyde (75%) from a chemical company a while back, and found it collapsed sensitive tissues in mosses. An agent later called me and asked how many drums of the stuff I wanted to order ....
 

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Richard H. Zander
Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA  
Web sites: http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/resbot/ and http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/bfna/bfnamenu.htm
Evol. Syst.: http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/resbot/EvSy/Intro.htm
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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of JF Mate
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 11:05 AM
To: Taxacom
Subject: [Taxacom] Water soluble mounting media

DMHF (dimethyl hydantoin formaldehyde resin) has been used for small
insects. A home made variation could be lomper
(http://markgtelfer.co.uk/water-soluble-mounting-medium-for-genitalia/).
I have used the latter for genitalia but not for small insects. A key
point is matching the osmotic pressure so you would need to experiment
a bit.

Best

Jason

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