300 Photos Categorized "Week 2 – Sources" (page 2 of 10)

Daiya cheese vs a piece of Apple ( CMA and PDA media)

This photo represents a piece of apple versus a piece of Daiya cheese tested on both CMA and PDA media. According to the photo, the CMA media presents…

Healthy vs Brown root of Pothos plant (PDA& CMA media)

This photo represents a Healthy vs Brown root of Pothos plant presented on both CMA and PDA media. As demonstrated by the picture, CMA shows a higher growth…

Green leaf vs Brown leaf (CMA&PDA)

This photo represents a sample of a dying (brown) leaf, versus an alive (bright green) leaf on both CMA and PDA media. The photo represents a higher growth…

Bathroom Floor vs Shower Curtain (CMA&PDA)

This photo demonstrates a swab of the inside of a shower curtain and a swab of the bathroom floor plated on both CMA and PDA media. As presented…

Brown lime and sink

Brown lime(bottom) and sink sample(top). More prolific bacterial growth on CDA (right) from sink sample. None display major fungal growth yet. PDA would be better due to less…

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…

Sad Looking Pumpkin Carvings

Tissue sampled from a decaying jack-o-lantern. The insides have fungal growth and the walls of the pumpkin is soft to the touch. I expect to see high fungal…

Pot of Soil

Soil sampled from a pot outside my balcony. The plant itself is showing signs of distress, so I suspect it might be something in the soil that is…

Maple tree with white spots

The tree in my yard had white spots that I hadn’t noticed before. With all of the organic material including moss, surrounding the white spots of the tree…

Green waste

I use my green waste to dispose of all of my organic waste, so I am expecting a very large, diverse number of fungi to be seen growing…

Vacuum cleaner

I chose my vacuum cleaner, as it picks up dust from all around my house. I am expecting that the sample I took from the filter will have…

Rotting apple

I had an apple that I noticed had started to go bad. I’m expecting there to be a larger amount of fungi as well as maybe some bacteria.

Halloween Pumpkin 🎃

I had a pumpkin leftover from halloween. I hadn’t carved it but there was a small bit of damage and it was starting to look old. I expect…

Dirty Rain Water is not Recommended to Shower in

-I isolated fungi from the rain-water collected in this murky puddle close to my home. It was a dirty puddle filled with rocks, leaves and mud but I…

A Banana Can’t Help it’s Brown Freckles

-I isolated fungi from the brown freckles, the peel, of this banana. It was stored outside in this plastic bag and bought from my local Walmart. This banana…

Bird bath water sample (CMA vs. PDA)

I took a tiny bit of water from my birth bath and added this to the petri plates. I shook each plate back and forth to try and…

Air sample

First, I want to say that I’m shocked at what has grown from the air we breathe. I went out on a drive and held the Petri dish…

moldy bread

I took a sample from a moldy bread and I expect to see a lot of growth on my petri dish. I chose this sample because I can…

Hedging for Some Fungi

-I isolated the fungi from this hedge close to my home, more specifically the circled leaf in the picture of an unknown species of hedge. I took the…

Brown spot on apple & browning garden tomato (CMA vs. PDA)

These samples are samples of fruit. I noticed brown spots on an apple from an apple tree and decided to use this tissue to see what was growing…

Fan mold & bathroom ceiling mold (CMA vs. PDA)

On the left half of the Petri dish I have plated a sample of mold growing on a hand fan. The fan was left outside in the rain…

my dead plant

I took two samples from my plant. one sample from the soil and one sample from the dead leaves. I’m really curious to see what type of fungi…

Strawberry mold & Okra mold

Samples of okra and strawberry that had started to mold were plated on the CMA and PDA media. In the image, the okra sample is on the left…

Leaves Withering Away

-I isolated fungi from one of the leaves in this picture that I believe came from the main stem with leaves still attached. I believe these came from…

my favorite quinoa salad

moldy quinoa salad

I took a sample from this quinoa salad that I made for myself last week. I love quinoa salad but apparently molds love it more. I expect to…

Potential Hot-Dog Bread Mold

-I isolated the fungi from a week old hot dog bun that was stored in the fridge within this plastic bag. The spot that I chose to isolate…

Decaying tree trunk

I took a sample from this tree trunk that we have in our backyard. I chose this sample because last year we were planning to make a table…

Backyard pond

I took a sample from the water in our backyard pond. I chose this sample because we haven’t changed the water for a while ; however, the water…

Mycolo-cheese

I cut off two pieces of Swiss Gruyere cheese (32% M.F. and 36% moisture) from the center and from the rind to see if I could isolate any…

Bark Park Spore Store

I walked around a local park and came across this empty dog enclosure, where I saw a large stagnant puddle of water. I wanted to sample this water…