236 Photos Categorized "Week 3 – Comparing media" (page 4 of 8)

Bathroom window sill with window open

I took an air sample. I left the plate open on my bathroom window sill in front of an open window for one hour. The green colony seems…

Infected leaf vs Forest bark

The photo was taken against the light to see the beautiful mycelia of the fungus, and the photos show the front side of the plate. Samples consist of…

Outside soil sample

The photo shows the backside of the plates. The sample source came from outside soil where it sprinkled over both media. The PMA plate is on the left…

Kitchen window sill – air sample

I did an air sample on the window sill of my kitchen right behind the kitchen sink, I left it open for an hour with the windows closed….

Green Timbers water sample

The photo shows the backside of the plates. The samples were taken from wetland water. The PMA plate is on the left, while the CMA plate on the…

Outside air sample

The photo shows the backside of the plates. The samples contain from the outside air. Here, we have the PMA plate on the right and the CMA plate…

Squishy Hosta stem and leaves

I plated squishy plant tissue from the stem and leaves of a hosta plant in my backyard. There seems to be more fungi gowing on the pda media…

Fig and conifer leaf

The photo shows the backside of the plates. It seems that there was contamination when I plated the two samples. The left sample was from a conifer leaf,…

Rotting pumpkin vs dried orchid flower

I plated a rotting peice of pumpkin and shrivlede orchid flower sample on pda and cma. On the Pda media, there is more growth for the pumpkin sample….

Very old carrot

These were samples from a very old carrot in the fridge. The left plate is the PDA media, and the right is the CMA media. I think the…

Outside air

I left these samples outside near my patio door. It was evidently a windy day, leading to a lot of debris. The top is the CMA media, while…

Homemade bread

These are pieces of homemade bread. I took pieces of parts with mould already growing on them. The PDA plate is on the left, and the CMA plate…

Store bread

These are samples of store bread I left in a baggy with a little bit of water for week. The CMA plate is on the right, and has…

Brown Apple pieces

There was no visible on my Apple, so I took the brown parts to sample. The left is the PDA plate, the right is the CMA. The PDA…

Unhealthy plant leaf

I took samples from dying leaves of an unhealthy plant. The left side is the PDA plate while the right is the CMA plate. I think the PDA…

Garbage Can and nasty Window Sill

These plates contain a swab sample from the inside of my garbage can (2a) and my window sill (2b). The CMA plate is on the left, the PDA…

Sad Halloween Pumpkin takes on Water Leak Mold

The two samples plated on these dishes are from the decaying flesh of a sad Halloween pumpkin and the mold around a leaky pipe. The growth between the…

Soil Sample From a Houseplant Side by Side

Unfortunately there’s a lot of condensation in this photo, but it is plate soil from a house plant. The top is CMA and the bottom is PDA. The…

Unhealthy and Healthy Leaf Samples

This is a healthy and unhealthy (i.e. browning) leaf sample side by side. The top plate is PDA and the bottom is CMA. On the CMA plate, the…

Water From a Ditch Side by Side

This is a plated water sample from a ditch. The top is PDA and the bottom is CMA. From what I can see there are way more species…

Air Sample From my Balcony Side by Side.

This is the air sample from my balcony after being out for 60 minutes. The top is PDA and the bottom is CMA. There seem to be more…

Swab From my Dog Plate Comparison

This is a swab from my dog’s toe and ear, but the toe section has overgrown to the ear section. The top is CMA and the bottom is…

Dust vs. Walnut

The two samples on these plates are sourced from the dust of a window sill and the walnuts bought from the bulk section of a grocery store. Both…

Air Sample next to Leaky Pipe

The sample collected on these media is the air sample in the kitchen where there is a leaky (moldy) pipe in the vicinity. There is a wider diversity…

The Battle of the Fig Leaves

The samples plated on these media are the decaying leaves from the fig tree in our backyard. There is a significant difference in growth between the two media,…

Rye Bread Mold vs. Persimmon Dark Spot

The two samples plated on each medium are the mold from rye bread and the dark spots of a persimmon. The mold from the rye bread has overtaken…

Soil from a Money Tree

On both of these plates, I plated soil from my money tree. In the PDA plate, there is a large amount of yellow growth. In the CMA plate,…

Healthy Purple leaf vs Dying Pansy leaf

These plates contained two samples each 1) a healthy purple plant leaf tissue sample 2) a dying pansy leaf tissue sample. The top plate was CMA media and…

Dead Log vs Dead Petals

On the left side of the plates, I plated pieces of a dead log. On the right sides of the plates, I plated petal pieces from a dead…

Berry Vs. Berry

On the left side, there is a piece of leaf from my strawberry plant. On the right side, there is a piece of leaf from some wild blackberry…