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A strew slide from Petersburg, Virginia. Range of species present, including a lot of Actinoptychus sp.. Prepared by Steve Edgar, as part of the 2005 Meakin Collection. Mounted in Pleurax. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. 63x Leitz Pl Apo NA 1.40 objective, oil immersion. Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser, oil immersion, brightfield lighting. 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 34 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).