814 Month: November 2020 (page 17 of 28)

Mold from my Bathroom ceiling

The right is the PDA and the left is the CMA. Both plates have a significant amount of growth in terms of diameter, however, height wise, the PDA…

Cilantro from my fridge

The right is the PDA and the left is the CMA plate. The media plates appeared to have different fungi that have grown, but the PDA plate has…

Mold on my bedroom windowsill

The right is PDA and the left is CMA. The PDA plate appeared to have a lot more growth than the CMA plate. It might also be a…

A healthy and wilted plant leaf sample from a Peace Lily

The PDA plate is the top and the CMA plate is the bottom. Both plates showed massive overgrowth with the wilted sample in comparison to the healthy one….

Kitchen air sample

This is an air sample that was taken near my kitchen sink where the compost also is. These were set out for an hour each . The top…

Greening potato and spore print

Greening potato flesh sample (right) and spore print from unknown lawn little brown mushroom. CMA(right ) displayed faster fungal growth from the potato sample (PDA growth is still…

Black bell paper stem and sponge

Black bell peper stem(left) and old smelly sponge. PDA(left) showed a more compact and fuzzy growth of one species from the bell peper sample while CMA showed a…

Pot soil

From a plant pot soil sample. PDA(left) displayed flat, pigmented growth while CMA displayed fuzzy white growth. PDA produced more defined colonies so I would say it would…

Bathroom air sample

Bathroom air sampled for 1 hour from bathroom counter. Both media pear to be growing different species or displaying different morphologies. PDA(left) displays. small colonies with orange pigments…

Brown lime and sink

Brown lime(bottom) and sink sample(top). More prolific bacterial growth on CMA (right) from sink sample and condensation contamination. None display major fungal growth. PDA would be better due…

Water From a Rain Barrel

This is rainwater and gutter water that empties into a rain barrel in my backyard. The left (PDA) plate seems to have more types of growth; there is…

Mold Sample From Window

This is a swab of black mold from my window sill. The left (PDA) plate has this black and green growth as well as a good amount of…

Brown lime and sink

Brown lime(bottom) and sink sample(top). More prolific bacterial growth on CDA (right) from sink sample. None display major fungal growth yet. PDA would be better due to less…

Indoor Aloe Plant Dirt

This is dirt from my indoor aloe plant pot. The left (PDA) plate has more dense white fuzz growth. The right (CMA) plate has less dense white fuzz…

Garden Dirt

This is dirt from my backyard garden. The left (PDA) plate contains more white fuzz growth as well as has some green and yellow colonies as well. The…

House Plant Brown & Green Leaves

These plates have leaf samples from the same plant. The sample on the left side of the plate is a green leaf that was attached to the plant…

Rain water (directly dropped into media from sky)

Left PDA, right CMA. PDA has lesser penisillium growing. Both media looks like it does about the same. There are no major differences to size or shape of…

Onion skins spotted (left) vs normal (right)

Left CMA, right PDA. CMA has more penicillium on the left. Sparse black mold with half penicillium. PDA has larger black mold and smaller penisillium pactches. PDA media…

Air sample from balcony

Left PDA, right CMA. Both plates seem to have penicillium growing. PDA has a red ish fungus growing, and maybe a white ish one. CMA has a cloud…

Soil fungus

Left PDA, right CMA. Growth looks very similar in both plates. PDA plate has more green stuff and some black speckles. The PDA media is better. Growth seems…

Window sill mold

Left is PDA, right is CMA. The mold in the PDA media has more white fluff and some black and yellow bacteria growing on it while the CMA…

White and Purple flower media comparison

Each plate has a piece of a white flower (left) and a purple flower (right). In this image the CMA is on the left and the PDA is…

Back patio air media comparison

Samples were taken from a covered area on my back patio. In this picture the CMA plate is on the left and the PDA plate is on the…

Needle and Cone from evergreen tree media comparison

Each plate contains as needle (left) and a cone (right) taken from a living tree. In this image the CMA plate is on the right and the PDA…

Green and Brown leaves Media comparison

On each plate there is a green leaf taken from a living tree (left) and a brown leaf taken from the ground (right). The CMA plate is on…

Air samples from inside bedroom media comparison

Samples taken from my bedroom windowsill. CMA on the left, PDA on the right. While there are a similar number of colonies on both plates, the ones growing…

Pinecone from coniferous tree vs seed pod from deciduous tree

For these plates, I put a piece of pinecone on the left side of the plates and a piece of a seed pod from a deciduous tree on…

Water sample from my birdbath

In these two media, I plated some water from the birdbath in front of my house. I noticed immediately that there was a lot of bacteria growing on…

Cactus tissue and chrysanthemum petal

In the two medias, I plated some tissue from my cactus (that was inside my house) on the left of the plates and a petal from a variety…

Air sample from my garden

For these plates, I left them open next to my garden for an hour to see how many fungi are present in the air (the plants in the…