814 Month: November 2020 (page 18 of 28)

Strawberry plant leaves

Two leaf samples from two different strawberry plants (one healthy, one unhealthy) were plated on the petri dishes. The leaf tissue on the left side of the plates…

Leaf sample from unknown garden plant

Two leaf sample were taken from the same plant. One leaf sample was still attached to the plant, while the other sample was a shed leaf. The PDA…

Soil sample from backyard garden

Small amount of soil from my backyard lawn was sprinkled onto the plates. The PDA (right) plate has mycelium covering the entire plate while the CMA (right) plate…

Water sample from a creek

Water sample was taken at a creek that contained alive and dead salmon. The left CMA plate has medium fungal growth and is white in colour. The right…

Potato and apple tissue

A six month old potato and a fresh apple from the same refrigerator were sampled. The sampled tissue included the skin and a bit of flesh directly under…

Heat vent air sample

These plates were placed by a heat vent in my room to sample the air coming out of it. The CMA (left) plate appears to have 4 medium…

Compost Bin

These plates each contain a sample from a swab of the underside of the compost bin lid. Both plates display high growth levels, but the PDA [left] shows…

Homous and Broccoli

Houmous [left] and broccoli [right] are plated here. There is little growth present from either sample on the PDA [left]. The broccoli has small amounts of fungal growth…

Cat Mint and Kale Leaves

Cat mint [left] and kale [right] leaf pieces are present on each plate. There looks to be two different fungi growing from the cat mint, both are growing…

Hydrangea and Spinach Leaves

Pieces of hydrangea and spinach leaves are plated on these media. There is substantial fungal growth from the hydrangea [left], compared to the spinach. There is little growth…

Carrot and Bread

Each plate has a piece of bread and a piece of carrot. There appears to be little difference in the growth of the fungus from the bread, as…

Brown indoor house plant leaf vs healthy leaf

The top PDA media contains a brown leaf sample from my indoor plant (top section) and a healthy leaf sample from the same plant (bottom section). The bottom…

Swab of mold on window

The top plate is PDA media and bottom plate is CMA, and both plates contain a swabbed sample of mold growing on a window. The top plate has…

Persimmon with brown spot vs healthy persimmon

A sample of a persimmon with a brown spot was plated on the left section of both plates. The right section of both plates contains a sample of…

A Wilting Rose and Wood

Sample 12 was a wilting rose that was collected from an overhang, sample 13 was wood collected from a splintering log. Both medias have formed massive cultures that…

A Field Elm Leaf and a Thorn

Sample 10 was a leaf found on the ground that was originally from a field elm. Sample 11 was a thorn collected from a rose. There is a…

Twig and Grass

On this plate, sample 6 was a twig collected from a branch of bracken. Sample 7 was grass that was collected from the ground. There have been more…

A Banana Peel and a Rose

On this plate, sample 4 was a banana peel that I acquired from the dining hall here at SFU, sample 5 was a rose pedal; the source of…

A Pinecone, Moss from a Tree and a Maple Leaf

On this plate, for sample 1, there is a pinecone collected from a pine tree, sample 2 is Moss growing on a tree and sample 3 is a…

Brown spotted lemon skin vs healthy lemon skin

On the left section of both plates is a sample of brown lemon skin. The right section of both plates contains a healthy lemon skin with no visible…

Onion skin vs brown union skin

The top half of both plates contain an unhealthy onion skin that brown spots, while the bottom half of both plates contains an onion skin that was healthy….

Garden soil dilution

This sample was a 1/4 of a teaspoon garden soil diluted in 1 1/2 tbsp unchlorinated water. An 1/8 of a teaspoon of the suspension was put on…

Carrot and money plant leaf

For this sample the left side of the plate has a piece of moldy carrot and the right hand side pieces from the same browning money plant leaf….

Swabs of bathroom shower and window

Swabs taken from a bathroom shower on the right, and the bathroom window on the left. Again faster fungal growth is seen on the PDA plate number 18…

Aloe and cannabis rot

These plates contain a sample of root material from an aloe plant on the left side, and a piece of rot affected cannabis plant stalk. Plate 20 being…

Air from basement bedroom

This plate contains an air sample taken from a basement bedroom, left open for 1 hour. Plate 7 is on CMA and plate 8 PDA. Plate 7 shows…

Avocado Media Comparison

Adjacent pieces of totting avocado. PDA has higher growth. Fungi appears to be of the same species on each plate just with different growth. Fungi is tan yellow…

Terra Cotta Pot Mould

Fungi attained from dry swabbing the outside of a clay pot with some fungal fluff growing on it. PDA has higher growth with larger colonies. PDA colonies are…

Potato Skin Sample Comparison

Adjacent pieces of potato skin plated on each media. Growth significantly higher on PDA plate. PDA plate has 2 fungi growing on it (Green fungi in the middle,…

Leaf Litter Sample

Adjacent cuttings off of the same leaf. Spread of mycelia much higher on PDA. Rich red on the bottom and. Multiple types of fungi growing on plate. PDA…