814 Month: November 2020 (page 8 of 28)

Fungi from Shower Curtain

The fungi in this sample was sourced by swabbing dark spots on my shower curtain. The mold is a pinkish red colour on the top and the bottom,…

Office Air Sample

This fungus was sampled from the air in the office. After 4 days there was visible fungal growth, and after one week there was the formation of two…

Fungi from Tree Bark

The sample in the picture above was sourced from a tree of unknown identity from a local park. The mold is yellowish white on both the top and…

Fig Leaf Fungus

This fungus was sampled from a decaying fig leaf. After two weeks it has covered approximately one-third of the petri dish, thus having a relatively faster growth rate…

Mold from Rotting Pumpkin

The fungi from this sample was sourced from the flesh of a rotting pumpkin. The mold has white rings both on the top and bottom. On the first…

Kitchen Air Sample

This fungus was sampled from the kitchen air (near a leaky water pipe). After around 10 days there were visible radial colonies growing around the dish. The top…

Fungi from the air in my living room

This fungi was sampled by leaving the petridish in my living room uncovered for an hour. On top, the fungi is green at the center and white around…

Fungi from acorn

The fungi from the sample above was sourced from a piece of acorn I found on the ground of a local park. It appears to be small dark…

Yellow Leaf Fungi

For this photo I am sorry it is not super clear. There was a lot of condensation on the top but I wanted to take a photo as…

Walnut Fungus

This fungus was sampled from a walnut bought in the bulk section of a grocery store. The fungus grew across the entire petri dish by the end of…

Blue Mold from Rye Bread

This fungus was grown from a mold growing on a piece of rye bread. It is has a blue/green color on the top, and a white/yellow color on…

Mold ID #5

Sampled from the air around my back patio. The bright yellow on the bottom of the colony immediately caught my eye. The colour is somewhat muted in this…

Mold ID #4

Sample taken from a brown leaf picked up from the ground outside my house. This fungi is growing somewhat irregularly as opposed to in a circle, and has…

Mold ID #3

Sampled from the air at my back patio. Fungi is growing in a round shape, with a somewhat powdery texture especially towards the center. a kind of steel-green…

Mold ID #2

Samples taken from a cone and needle of an evergreen tree. Fungi is a light yellow, tan-brown color, with tiny dark brown or black specks towards the tops…

Moss from Burns Bog

This fungi was isolated from a sample of moss I collected from Burns Bog. It was one of my slower growing fungi’s and took a couple more days…

Air contaminant or the lipstick?

This mold is growing on the side that had the lipstick sample, but I think I might have had the dish open too long. The top looks fuzzy…

Fungi in air sample

This was the air sample on the PDA media. On the bottom the fungi yellow in the middle, and gets white on the edges. On the top, the…

Mold ID #1

Sampled from a green leaf off of a tree outside my house. This fungi is white and furry, with the mycelium appearing to grow in the same direction…

Mold grown from my kitchen air

This was taken from a ledge near my kitchen and left out for one hour. The spore seemed to disperse in random areas, taking up small spots all…

Interesting small black mold

This was sourced from a Peace Lily plant wilted leaf. These black spots only appeared in the last couple of days, so the growth appears to be very…

Fluffy cilantro mold

This was taken from a small sample of a wilted cilantro leaf that was originally from the grocery store and stored in my fridge. It grew extremely fast…

Bathroom Ceiling mold

This fungus was sources from my bathroom ceiling. It grew very fast and the colour, morphology and pattern appeared quickly as well. It has a very dark olive…

Fungi ID from backyard plant leaf

The fungi was isolated from an unknown plant from my backyard. Leaf tissue was used from this plant that was still physically attached to it. The top of…

Fuzzy Fast Growing Fungi

This is a soil sample was taken from one of my indoor plants. It was one of the fastest growing fungi out of all of my samples and…

Creek water fungus

This was taken from a water sample from a school creek nearby. This grew extremely slow and its morphology didn’t show up until the last 5 days before…

Fungi ID from air sample

Fungi was isolated by placing a plate by a heat vent in my house for 1 hour. The top of the mold is white in colour and appears…

Spotted Fungi From Leaf

This sample is from a leaf that was attached to my apple tree. The left is the top and the right is the bottom. The colony looks very…

Fungi ID from old potato

The fungi was isolated from the skin and flesh of an old potato. The top of the fungi is white with a fluffy texture, like a pile of…

Pinkish Moult From a Leaf

This is a brown leaf from on of my indoor house plants. The left is the top and the right is the bottom. The top appears white and…