236 Photos Categorized "Week 3 – Comparing media" (page 7 of 8)

House Plant Brown & Green Leaves

These plates have leaf samples from the same plant. The sample on the left side of the plate is a green leaf that was attached to the plant…

Rain water (directly dropped into media from sky)

Left PDA, right CMA. PDA has lesser penisillium growing. Both media looks like it does about the same. There are no major differences to size or shape of…

Onion skins spotted (left) vs normal (right)

Left CMA, right PDA. CMA has more penicillium on the left. Sparse black mold with half penicillium. PDA has larger black mold and smaller penisillium pactches. PDA media…

Air sample from balcony

Left PDA, right CMA. Both plates seem to have penicillium growing. PDA has a red ish fungus growing, and maybe a white ish one. CMA has a cloud…

Soil fungus

Left PDA, right CMA. Growth looks very similar in both plates. PDA plate has more green stuff and some black speckles. The PDA media is better. Growth seems…

Window sill mold

Left is PDA, right is CMA. The mold in the PDA media has more white fluff and some black and yellow bacteria growing on it while the CMA…

White and Purple flower media comparison

Each plate has a piece of a white flower (left) and a purple flower (right). In this image the CMA is on the left and the PDA is…

Back patio air media comparison

Samples were taken from a covered area on my back patio. In this picture the CMA plate is on the left and the PDA plate is on the…

Needle and Cone from evergreen tree media comparison

Each plate contains as needle (left) and a cone (right) taken from a living tree. In this image the CMA plate is on the right and the PDA…

Green and Brown leaves Media comparison

On each plate there is a green leaf taken from a living tree (left) and a brown leaf taken from the ground (right). The CMA plate is on…

Air samples from inside bedroom media comparison

Samples taken from my bedroom windowsill. CMA on the left, PDA on the right. While there are a similar number of colonies on both plates, the ones growing…

Pinecone from coniferous tree vs seed pod from deciduous tree

For these plates, I put a piece of pinecone on the left side of the plates and a piece of a seed pod from a deciduous tree on…

Water sample from my birdbath

In these two media, I plated some water from the birdbath in front of my house. I noticed immediately that there was a lot of bacteria growing on…

Cactus tissue and chrysanthemum petal

In the two medias, I plated some tissue from my cactus (that was inside my house) on the left of the plates and a petal from a variety…

Air sample from my garden

For these plates, I left them open next to my garden for an hour to see how many fungi are present in the air (the plants in the…

Strawberry plant leaves

Two leaf samples from two different strawberry plants (one healthy, one unhealthy) were plated on the petri dishes. The leaf tissue on the left side of the plates…

Leaf sample from unknown garden plant

Two leaf sample were taken from the same plant. One leaf sample was still attached to the plant, while the other sample was a shed leaf. The PDA…

Soil sample from backyard garden

Small amount of soil from my backyard lawn was sprinkled onto the plates. The PDA (right) plate has mycelium covering the entire plate while the CMA (right) plate…

Water sample from a creek

Water sample was taken at a creek that contained alive and dead salmon. The left CMA plate has medium fungal growth and is white in colour. The right…

Potato and apple tissue

A six month old potato and a fresh apple from the same refrigerator were sampled. The sampled tissue included the skin and a bit of flesh directly under…

Heat vent air sample

These plates were placed by a heat vent in my room to sample the air coming out of it. The CMA (left) plate appears to have 4 medium…

Compost Bin

These plates each contain a sample from a swab of the underside of the compost bin lid. Both plates display high growth levels, but the PDA [left] shows…

Homous and Broccoli

Houmous [left] and broccoli [right] are plated here. There is little growth present from either sample on the PDA [left]. The broccoli has small amounts of fungal growth…

Cat Mint and Kale Leaves

Cat mint [left] and kale [right] leaf pieces are present on each plate. There looks to be two different fungi growing from the cat mint, both are growing…

Hydrangea and Spinach Leaves

Pieces of hydrangea and spinach leaves are plated on these media. There is substantial fungal growth from the hydrangea [left], compared to the spinach. There is little growth…

Carrot and Bread

Each plate has a piece of bread and a piece of carrot. There appears to be little difference in the growth of the fungus from the bread, as…

Brown indoor house plant leaf vs healthy leaf

The top PDA media contains a brown leaf sample from my indoor plant (top section) and a healthy leaf sample from the same plant (bottom section). The bottom…

Swab of mold on window

The top plate is PDA media and bottom plate is CMA, and both plates contain a swabbed sample of mold growing on a window. The top plate has…

Persimmon with brown spot vs healthy persimmon

A sample of a persimmon with a brown spot was plated on the left section of both plates. The right section of both plates contains a sample of…

A Wilting Rose and Wood

Sample 12 was a wilting rose that was collected from an overhang, sample 13 was wood collected from a splintering log. Both medias have formed massive cultures that…