814 Month: November 2020 (page 7 of 28)

Green Mold from Rotten Garlic

This fungi was sourced from a rotten garlic on PDA media. It can be seen that the fungi has spread quite rapidly as it covers the entire plate….

Beautiful Pink Fungus

This beautiful pink fungus was sourced from a red cedar on CMA media. It has a fuzzy texture and spreads out in a somewhat curved shape. It is…

fluffy white fungus from leaf

This fungi was sampled from PDA media of a fallen leaf that had some spots on it. The fungi has grown fairly significantly as it’s fluffy white top…

Shoe Closet Fungus

This fungi was taken from CMA media as an indoor air sample from my shoe closet. The fungi has colonies spread out all over the plate of varying…

Hydrangea Fungus

This was isolated from a hydrangea leaf. The colony is formed of mycelia which filled most of the plate. It is browny beige in colour, with tiny black…

Light brown mold from air sample

This fungus was isolated from the air in my kitchen. The colony is circular in shape and a bit translucent at the edges. The top is flat and…

Banana Fungus

This was isolated from a piece of banana. The colony is circular shaped, with mostly entire margins. The surface is powdery, with a green and white edged top…

Pretty pink mold from a raspberry

This fungus was taken from a moldy raspberry I found in my fridge and grew on a CMA plate. The fungus has a circular colony (barring the gray-green…

Fuzzy bread mold

This was a sample of homemade bread. At first I saw a colourful array of fungi growing, before the plate got overtaken by white fuzz. The growth rate…

Cat Mint Fungus

This sample was isolated from a cat mint leaf. It is powdery and irregularly shaped. It is very colourful with undulate to lobate margins. It grew moderately fast….

Fuzzy yellow-orange mold from leaf sample

This fungus was isolated from a leaf of an unknown plant species. The leaf was a bright green with black spots, and I plated samples containing the black…

Brown apple

This was a sample from a brown apple piece. It is white on the bottom and top, and it appears smooth with no fuzz. The growth started off…

Pretty white mold from a leaf

This fungus was grown on PDA from a leaf I found on a bush by the trail to my local creek. The leaf was a bright green, but…

Sourdough Bread Fungus

This was isolated from sourdough bread. Mycelia are present throughout the plate. They are white on both top and bottom. This fungus grew rapidly and has black spots…

An old carrot

This was from an old carrot sample. This mold has had a moderately fast growth. It is a dark brown-orange with white-grey fuzz on top. I think this…

Kale Fungus

This was isolated from kale. The colony is fluffy, filamentous, white on top [left], and yellow and white on the bottom [right]. The colony grew moderately fast and…

Dark green mold from air sample

This fungus was isolated from the air in my kitchen. It has an unappealing green colour on the top with a dark green rim around the edges, and…

Fungi from house plant soil

I decided to sample soil from a house plant. This mold grew pretty fast in around 3 days. The colony is large but it is still growing, so…

Fungus from Japanese maple tree

The blackish-red fungus was isolated from a Japanese maple tree. The bottom has a tint of orange and dark black-red section, while the top has orange with black/red…

Fungus from outside air

The brownish green fungus came from the outside air sample (1 hour). Both bottom and top consist of the colour brownish green, but the top is fuzzy or…

Fungus from forest bark

The fungus was isolated from a forest bark. The bottom is white, and the top is white with tiny black spots. The growth rate was fast, but there…

Fungus from indoor air

This fungus was isolated from my bedroom air (1 hour). The bottom is red, and the top is yellow/brown with white on the edge. Grow rate was slow…

Green/Brown Leaf from House Plant

This fungi has taken up the entire plate so it is hard to determine which sample it came from but on the plate is a green leaf and…

Mold on doorknob and Vacuum Sample

The source material that I decided to isolate this fungi from came from a swab on a doorknob handle and a little bit of vacuum dust. These photos…

Fungus from outside air

The white with black dotted fungus came from the outside air sample (1 hour). The bottom is white, and the top is white with black dots which seems…

Backyard Air Sample 2

This dish was left in my backyard for about 1 hour at 5pm in the evening. The fungi we are looking at is black to dark brown on…

Mold from Vacuum Dust

I used a small amount of vacuum dust as my source material. These pictures were taken from the PDA plate. The colony exhibits a radial growth pattern. The…

Dark Green Fungi on Air Sample

This green fungi came from a sample of air that I took outside of my house. This photo came from the CMA plate. This fungi colony is a…

White Fluffy Fungi

This white fluffy fungi came from a sample of air that I took outside of my house. The fungi is white and fluffy on the front. Whereas, it…

Backyard Air Sample

For this sample I left the dish open in my backyard for about 1 hour around 5pm in the evening. It is green in colour with a white…