Mary Evans Irish Potato famine, Magnified view of slice of potato 1846 10220180

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Picture No	10220180
Date	1846
Description	Irish Potato famine, Magnified view of slice of potato 1846
Details	A magnified view of a slice of a small wedge of ripe potato as seen under the microscope. It resembles a honeycomb showing the cells of which contain the starch in the form of oval grains (a) and little seedlings of the Potato Botrytis infestins beginning to grow (b). The potato crop was the staple diet of the Irish rural population. When potato blight resulted in a ruined crop in 1846, over 1 million Irish citizens died, with a further 1-2 million emigrating.
Source	The Illustrated London News, 29 August 1846, page 133
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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