A strew slide which is predominantly Aulacodiscus africanus with very little of anything else. No makers name or location. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. 63x Leitz Pl Apo NA 1.4 objective, oil immersion. Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser, oil immersion, slightly oblique lighting. 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 50 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).
Aulacodiscus kittonii var. africana (Cottam) Rattray 1888. Spelt africanus on the slide. Published in: Rattray, J. (1888). A revision of the genus Aulacodiscus Ehrb. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 8(3): 337-382, 3 pls [V-VII]. Page 376. This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aulacodiscus africanus Cottam.