231 Photos Categorized "Week 4 – Mold ID" (page 5 of 8)

Fuzzy bread mold

This was a sample of homemade bread. At first I saw a colourful array of fungi growing, before the plate got overtaken by white fuzz. The growth rate…

Cat Mint Fungus

This sample was isolated from a cat mint leaf. It is powdery and irregularly shaped. It is very colourful with undulate to lobate margins. It grew moderately fast….

Fuzzy yellow-orange mold from leaf sample

This fungus was isolated from a leaf of an unknown plant species. The leaf was a bright green with black spots, and I plated samples containing the black…

Brown apple

This was a sample from a brown apple piece. It is white on the bottom and top, and it appears smooth with no fuzz. The growth started off…

Pretty white mold from a leaf

This fungus was grown on PDA from a leaf I found on a bush by the trail to my local creek. The leaf was a bright green, but…

Sourdough Bread Fungus

This was isolated from sourdough bread. Mycelia are present throughout the plate. They are white on both top and bottom. This fungus grew rapidly and has black spots…

An old carrot

This was from an old carrot sample. This mold has had a moderately fast growth. It is a dark brown-orange with white-grey fuzz on top. I think this…

Kale Fungus

This was isolated from kale. The colony is fluffy, filamentous, white on top [left], and yellow and white on the bottom [right]. The colony grew moderately fast and…

Dark green mold from air sample

This fungus was isolated from the air in my kitchen. It has an unappealing green colour on the top with a dark green rim around the edges, and…

Fungi from house plant soil

I decided to sample soil from a house plant. This mold grew pretty fast in around 3 days. The colony is large but it is still growing, so…

Fungus from Japanese maple tree

The blackish-red fungus was isolated from a Japanese maple tree. The bottom has a tint of orange and dark black-red section, while the top has orange with black/red…

Fungus from outside air

The brownish green fungus came from the outside air sample (1 hour). Both bottom and top consist of the colour brownish green, but the top is fuzzy or…

Fungus from forest bark

The fungus was isolated from a forest bark. The bottom is white, and the top is white with tiny black spots. The growth rate was fast, but there…

Fungus from indoor air

This fungus was isolated from my bedroom air (1 hour). The bottom is red, and the top is yellow/brown with white on the edge. Grow rate was slow…

Green/Brown Leaf from House Plant

This fungi has taken up the entire plate so it is hard to determine which sample it came from but on the plate is a green leaf and…

Mold on doorknob and Vacuum Sample

The source material that I decided to isolate this fungi from came from a swab on a doorknob handle and a little bit of vacuum dust. These photos…

Fungus from outside air

The white with black dotted fungus came from the outside air sample (1 hour). The bottom is white, and the top is white with black dots which seems…

Backyard Air Sample 2

This dish was left in my backyard for about 1 hour at 5pm in the evening. The fungi we are looking at is black to dark brown on…

Mold from Vacuum Dust

I used a small amount of vacuum dust as my source material. These pictures were taken from the PDA plate. The colony exhibits a radial growth pattern. The…

Dark Green Fungi on Air Sample

This green fungi came from a sample of air that I took outside of my house. This photo came from the CMA plate. This fungi colony is a…

White Fluffy Fungi

This white fluffy fungi came from a sample of air that I took outside of my house. The fungi is white and fluffy on the front. Whereas, it…

Backyard Air Sample

For this sample I left the dish open in my backyard for about 1 hour around 5pm in the evening. It is green in colour with a white…

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…