814 Month: November 2020 (page 14 of 28)

Soil sample

Here I plated a red maple leaf and a palm tree leaf on both media. The PDA seems to have a lot more growth than the CMA plates….

Succulent leaf vs air plant leaf

These plates have a leaf from my succulent (1a) and a leaf from my air plant (1b). The left plate is CMA, the right is PDA. Neither plates…

Garlic Tissue

A piece of healthy and bad garlic tissue from the same bulb was plated. There is fungal growth on both the bad and healthy garlic tissue on the…

Lemon Guava tissue

A piece of healthy and bad guava tissue is plated. There is more growth on the PDA plate on both the bad and healthy guava, whereas on the…

Onion skin takes over entire plate

I took plant tissue samples from dried grass and onion skin. The fungi from onion skin completely took over the pda media (on the left) you can’t see…

Lettuce and Rice Cracker

These plates contain a romaine lettuce sample (8a) and a rice cracker sample (8b). The CMA plate is on the left, the PDA plate on the right. There…

Apricot Dicotyledon

An apricot dicotyledon that didn’t grow from my apricot plant. The PDA plates have more growth than CMA. PDA has better growth because they have larger colonies than…

Bathroom window sill with window open

I took an air sample. I left the plate open on my bathroom window sill in front of an open window for one hour. The green colony seems…

Infected leaf vs Forest bark

The photo was taken against the light to see the beautiful mycelia of the fungus, and the photos show the front side of the plate. Samples consist of…

Outside soil sample

The photo shows the backside of the plates. The sample source came from outside soil where it sprinkled over both media. The PMA plate is on the left…

Kitchen window sill – air sample

I did an air sample on the window sill of my kitchen right behind the kitchen sink, I left it open for an hour with the windows closed….

Green Timbers water sample

The photo shows the backside of the plates. The samples were taken from wetland water. The PMA plate is on the left, while the CMA plate on the…

Outside air sample

The photo shows the backside of the plates. The samples contain from the outside air. Here, we have the PMA plate on the right and the CMA plate…

Squishy Hosta stem and leaves

I plated squishy plant tissue from the stem and leaves of a hosta plant in my backyard. There seems to be more fungi gowing on the pda media…

Fig and conifer leaf

The photo shows the backside of the plates. It seems that there was contamination when I plated the two samples. The left sample was from a conifer leaf,…

Rotting pumpkin vs dried orchid flower

I plated a rotting peice of pumpkin and shrivlede orchid flower sample on pda and cma. On the Pda media, there is more growth for the pumpkin sample….

Very old carrot

These were samples from a very old carrot in the fridge. The left plate is the PDA media, and the right is the CMA media. I think the…

Outside air

I left these samples outside near my patio door. It was evidently a windy day, leading to a lot of debris. The top is the CMA media, while…

Homemade bread

These are pieces of homemade bread. I took pieces of parts with mould already growing on them. The PDA plate is on the left, and the CMA plate…

Store bread

These are samples of store bread I left in a baggy with a little bit of water for week. The CMA plate is on the right, and has…

Brown Apple pieces

There was no visible on my Apple, so I took the brown parts to sample. The left is the PDA plate, the right is the CMA. The PDA…

Unhealthy plant leaf

I took samples from dying leaves of an unhealthy plant. The left side is the PDA plate while the right is the CMA plate. I think the PDA…

Unhealthy plant leaf

I took samples from dying leaves of an unhealthy plant. The left side is the PDA plate while the right is the CMA plate. I think the PDA…

Healthy outdoor plant

These were samples from the leaves of a healthy looking plant. The left side is the PDA plate while the right is the CMA plate. There is significantly…

Garbage Can and nasty Window Sill

These plates contain a swab sample from the inside of my garbage can (2a) and my window sill (2b). The CMA plate is on the left, the PDA…

Sad Halloween Pumpkin takes on Water Leak Mold

The two samples plated on these dishes are from the decaying flesh of a sad Halloween pumpkin and the mold around a leaky pipe. The growth between the…

Soil Sample From a Houseplant Side by Side

Unfortunately there’s a lot of condensation in this photo, but it is plate soil from a house plant. The top is CMA and the bottom is PDA. The…

Unhealthy and Healthy Leaf Samples

This is a healthy and unhealthy (i.e. browning) leaf sample side by side. The top plate is PDA and the bottom is CMA. On the CMA plate, the…

Water From a Ditch Side by Side

This is a plated water sample from a ditch. The top is PDA and the bottom is CMA. From what I can see there are way more species…

Air Sample From my Balcony Side by Side.

This is the air sample from my balcony after being out for 60 minutes. The top is PDA and the bottom is CMA. There seem to be more…