814 Month: November 2020 (page 5 of 28)

“Lettuce” identify this mold!

This mold on this CMA plate is from a piece of romaine lettuce. It is a light pink colour on both the top and bottom with a white…

More proof that cat ears are gross.

On either side of this CMA plate is a swab taken from one of my cats ears. The mold in question is a small, fuzzy, white bump. It…

Cat ears are gross

On either side of this PDA plate is a swab taken from one of my cats ears. The fungi in question is a light greenish-grey on the top…

Fungus from good vs bad leaf

I grabbed two leaves from a bush outside my house with one being green and the other one yellow with brown spots. This is sampled onto a CMA…

Chamomile tea mold

I took the sample for this plate from the leaves inside a chamomile tea bag (after I drank my tea of course). This mold is large and circular,…

Potato Mold

The sample for this plate was taken from a sad looking brown spot on a potato from my kitchen. The fungi is quite fluffy and cloudy looking, it…

Pool muck fungi

I took the sample on this plate from a fresh water bucket at the pool that I work at which had some interesting, algae looking, growth on it….

Leaf molds

The same mold grew on both of the samples on this plate (hard to get a photo of just this fungi, as there are many types of mold…

Mold from old coffee

The source for this fungi was old coffee that was sitting out for about a day in my kitchen. This white mold began to grow, however it is…

Cat’s fave plant’s growth

The source I tested was a small piece of my cats fave plant leaf tissue. The left side of the image is the bottom and the right is…

Moss tissue fungal growth

The source that this fungi was grown from is a moss tissue sample. The left side of the photo is the top of the plate, and the right…

Healthy purple leaf tissue fungi

This fungi was grown from a healthy purple leaf tissue sample. The left photo is of the top of the plate and the right side of the photo…

Murky Puddle fungi growth

The source used on this plate is a water sample I collected from a puddle and it has been diluted. The left photo is of the bottom of…

Puddle water Pink Fungi

the source of this fungi is from a puddle water sample I diluted and then plated. The photo on the left is of the bottom of the plate,…

Brown-green fungus

This sample is from my dog’s toe. The bottom is the left and the top is the right. The bottom is dark brownish-green and the top is dark…

White fluffy fungus with black dots

Not exactly the best photos, but I tried my best. This is from a swab of my dog’s toes. The fungus is whiteish-grey-yellow with small black spots on…

Fungus from the compost bin!

I isolated these fungi from the compost bin in my house. This is sampled on a PDA media and many colonies have covered the entire plate. The fungi…

Garlic sample gone bad

I isolated this fungi from a browning piece of garlic in my fridge (the yellow spot). The top of the plate is completely covered in what looks like…

ID of Brown Fungal Growth from Rotten Pumpkin Seeds?

This mould is sourced from some mouldy pumpkin seeds leftover from a Halloween Jack-o-Lantern. The seeds themselves had dark spots on them, so it wasn’t surprising that this…

Cladosporium Growth from bread mould?

This mould is from some bagels that sat out too long. In this description I am talking about the darker green, circular colonies. The growth of this fungus…

Some Yucky Dust

This fungi was isolated from the dust from my blinds (spots of green). It’s been grown on PDA. It appears to be growing slowly compared to the black…

Deep pink and fluffy fungus

This is from an air sample I took on my balcony for 60 minutes. It is grey, light pink, and fluffy on the top (right photo) and deep…

Plated sample of good vs bad limes

I isolated these limes from my fridge. There was a bright green one and a yellow bruised up one! I plated them both to see what kind of…

Pink-white fungus

This fungus is from a collection I did from the air on my balcony for 60 minutes. The top is on the left and the bottom on the…

Funky Bathroom Fungi

This fungi was isolated from the air in my bathroom (the big patch). I was surprised to find lots of bacterial growth as well. It’s growth on the…

Fuzzy bunny tail fungus

Left is the top, right is the bottom of my fungus choice. The source is water from a ditch. It has grown to about 1.1cm in diameter radially…

Soil sample part 3

This fungus was isolated from soil growing at the base of a tree I found in a park (the green blob in the upper corner of the bottom…

Very Pretty Fungi

This pink fungus was isolated from a maple leaf I found near a maple tree outside my house. It’s been grown on PDA. It’s definitely the prettiest of…

air sample from pantry

this was from an air sample from my pantry. The mold on the top is green with white boundaries in between growths. the bottom brown with a white…

orange?

This was an air sample grown on PDA. Both the top and bottom orange, brown, some red too. Some whiteish spores? on top, which may or may not…