814 Month: November 2020 (page 22 of 28)

Big Tree with Maple Leaves

Found this tree in a park and decided to isolate its leaves (fresh and fallen sample). I thought it would be interesting to compare 2 leaves, where 1…

Squeezing lime for fungus

I found these limes sitting in the back of my fridge and I noticed one was kind of bruised up! I wanted to know if there were fungi…

Soil Sample from an Indoor Plant

I found this plant in a lobby indoors and thought it be interesting to sample its soil. The plant itself doesn’t seem to be very healthy, so the…

English Muffin

1) Sample taken from an English Muffin 2) Did not have excess to moldy bread. However, we want to test if Old Mill have quality controls on their…

Rotten tomato

I found these tomatoes in my fridge and I noticed there was one that was slightly more punctured than the other. One tomato was a bright red in…

Ugly Looking Broccoli Stem

I chose to isolate from a broccoli stem that was from the fridge. The tissue does look damaged at the bottom with the discoloration and may be starting…

Fishy Fungi

1) Source is a fishbowl in my living room, it’s fairly small with only one fish living inside it. 2) I was curious to see what kind of…

Sad Looking Potato

I picked a potato to isolate from. It has been kept in a bag for over a day or 2 with some water. The skin does look damaged…

Soil from SFU.

1) Soil taken from SFU, particularly underneath fallen leaves. 2) Soil are what fungi grows on, so it just an educated guess. 3) Moderate amount of fungi because…

Soft Rotten Looking Mini Eggplant

I took a sample from a soft and almost rotten looking mini eggplant which I bought from the grocery store. It was in a state where it was…

Air from SFU forest

Air from SFU forest.

1) Air from SFU forest. 2) It was around many different plants, so it honestly hard to tell, might need to culture it to find any indication of…

Fresh Lettuce

I picked some fresh lettuce from my fridge to isolate. I wanted to see if there would be any fungi from something I eat from time to time….

Good Leaf vs Bad Leaf

I isolated two leaves from a big bush outside my house. It had some green healthy looking leaves with other yellow ones with brown spots next to it….

Grape Bush

Grape Bush with brown leaves

1) Source is a grape bush that has different color leaves green and brown 2) The structure is not damaged however the coloration changes indicating some form of…

Tree with Different Bark Colors

Different bark Colors on a tree

1) Source taken from a tree that have different bark colors. 2) Looks like there are infections or signs of growth of fungi on the darker color area…

Cloudy looking leaf with tiny brown spots on back

I sampled from a unknown plant outside my house. The reason I sampled from this plant was because half of the leaves were healthy (bright green and waxy)…

Potential fungi from plant soil

1) I noticed a whitish growth in the soil and took a sample from that 2) I don’t know if it was growing on detritus or the soil,…

Black fungi from bathtub

1) fungi isolated from crack in bathtub showing black fungi/stains 2) I’ve noticed black growth in toilets and shower so I’m wondering if it’s fungi 3) I expect…

small white fungi on plant detritus

1) fungi isolated from plant detritus 2) the leaf was decomposing with this fungus (?) growing near the base 3) I expect to see low fungal growth since…

Green fungi on yellow cherry tomato (actually “Red”)

1) fungi isolated from an older red cherry tomato (that has yellowed) 2) the cherry was intact but very squishy (so not healthy) 3) I expect to see…

Wilting sad looking kale

I chose to take a sample from a kale leaf which was sitting in my fridge. This kale leaf was not healthy at all because it was not…

White fluffy fungi on red cherry tomato

1) Fungi isolated from red cherry tomato 2) The tomato was intact but far past ripe – it squished quite easily during sampling 3) I expect to see…

Fleece not as white as snow

This little lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantina (lanata)) shrub in my front garden is showing some browning on its leaves, even though the care & maintenance information on the…

The Infamous Bread (Bagel) Mould

I got these bagels at the dollar store because they were expiring soon. I managed to eat 4/6 of them but now it looks like some fungi got…

Air Sample from Outside my House

I decided to sample air outside of my house. I picked this sample because I am curious about what type of fungi might be outside in the air…

Discoloured Sad Leaf

I decided to isolate from this sad leaf I found outside of my house. I decided to choose this because this leaf has the most brown spots compared…

Spinach

This sample was taken from spinach. I chose spinach because it seems to wilt quickly, even in the fridge. I expect there to be moderate-to-high growth, because it…

Post-Ripe Bananas

These are very old bananas. I chose them, because the skin looks pocked and damaged. I expect a lot of growth, because they are nutrient rich.

Old Tea Bag

This is a day-old tea bag. I was curious to see if anything starts to colonise it, just like with the coffee. Similarly, I expect low growth, due…

Stale Bread

This sample was isolated from stale sour dough bread. I wanted to see if the growth will be different to well-known growth on standard bread. I expect to…