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

A Field Elm Leaf and a Thorn

Sample 10 was a leaf found on the ground that was originally from a field elm. Sample 11 was a thorn collected from a rose. There is a…

Twig and Grass

On this plate, sample 6 was a twig collected from a branch of bracken. Sample 7 was grass that was collected from the ground. There have been more…

A Banana Peel and a Rose

On this plate, sample 4 was a banana peel that I acquired from the dining hall here at SFU, sample 5 was a rose pedal; the source of…

A Pinecone, Moss from a Tree and a Maple Leaf

On this plate, for sample 1, there is a pinecone collected from a pine tree, sample 2 is Moss growing on a tree and sample 3 is a…

Brown spotted lemon skin vs healthy lemon skin

On the left section of both plates is a sample of brown lemon skin. The right section of both plates contains a healthy lemon skin with no visible…

Onion skin vs brown union skin

The top half of both plates contain an unhealthy onion skin that brown spots, while the bottom half of both plates contains an onion skin that was healthy….

Garden soil dilution

This sample was a 1/4 of a teaspoon garden soil diluted in 1 1/2 tbsp unchlorinated water. An 1/8 of a teaspoon of the suspension was put on…

Carrot and money plant leaf

For this sample the left side of the plate has a piece of moldy carrot and the right hand side pieces from the same browning money plant leaf….

Swabs of bathroom shower and window

Swabs taken from a bathroom shower on the right, and the bathroom window on the left. Again faster fungal growth is seen on the PDA plate number 18…

Aloe and cannabis rot

These plates contain a sample of root material from an aloe plant on the left side, and a piece of rot affected cannabis plant stalk. Plate 20 being…

Air from basement bedroom

This plate contains an air sample taken from a basement bedroom, left open for 1 hour. Plate 7 is on CMA and plate 8 PDA. Plate 7 shows…

Avocado Media Comparison

Adjacent pieces of totting avocado. PDA has higher growth. Fungi appears to be of the same species on each plate just with different growth. Fungi is tan yellow…

Terra Cotta Pot Mould

Fungi attained from dry swabbing the outside of a clay pot with some fungal fluff growing on it. PDA has higher growth with larger colonies. PDA colonies are…

Potato Skin Sample Comparison

Adjacent pieces of potato skin plated on each media. Growth significantly higher on PDA plate. PDA plate has 2 fungi growing on it (Green fungi in the middle,…

Leaf Litter Sample

Adjacent cuttings off of the same leaf. Spread of mycelia much higher on PDA. Rich red on the bottom and. Multiple types of fungi growing on plate. PDA…

Fall Squash Plate Comparison

Pealed skin from a fall Squash. Layer of hyphae and mycelia is thicker on PDA plate. When viewing underside of plates PDA plate has black fungi growing while…

Samples of leaves from two different plant species (species unknown)

Both samples are leaf samples taken from two completely different bushes. The top sample came from a leaf I stole from my neighbour’s bush since it had interesting…

Lounge Seat vs Front Entrance Floor

The top half of the plates houses a swab taken from the fabric of the lounge seat found by the front door of my house. The bottom half…

Raspberry vs Apple skin

At the top half of both plates is a sample of a moldy raspberry. On the bottom half are samples of apple skin where the skin had turned…

Front Porch Air Samples

I sampled the air by placing these plates outside on our front porch. Both media types display growth of white molds, however PCA has a considerably greater amount…

Kitchen Air Samples

I sampled the air in my kitchen. Both types of media exhibit a nearly equal amount of mold growth; however, PCA appears to have slightly larger colonies than…

Vacuum Dust (CMA(top) vs PDA (bottom)

These two petri dishes contain dust from my vacuum cleaner following its use. Between the two media, we see a large amount of different cultures growing on the…

Brown Leaf vs Green Leaf (PDA (Bottom Plate) vs CMA (Top plate)

This sample is of two leaves, one brown and another green, taken during a walk. There is significantly more growth on the PDA plate, especially when looking at…

Onion Skins (CMA(left) vs PDA(right))

This sample was taken off of two different onions; one having a white/yellow powder on it (left on both plates), the other having seemingly nothing (right on both…

Pantry Air Samples ((CMA(left) vs PDA(right))

So this sample comparison, is of my pantry air samples. In this case, we see almost no growth on the PDA plate, whilst we see significantly more on…

Two Trees (PDA(left) vs CMA(right))

This sample was taken from two trees in my backyard, one being an alive cherry tree and the other being a (I believe to be dead) cherry tree….