21 Photos Tagged "Amika"

Forest mushroom

This mushroom was found growing near a dead conifer log in the forest. It has a fibrillose, bell shaped cap with striate cap margins. Gills are crowded and…

Mushroom among clover

This mushroom was found in a neighbors front lawn growing among a patch of clover. It has a fairly flat top which is smooth and has an even…

Big boi mushroom

This mushroom was also found in my front lawn and was growing on the lawn with several other mushroom species. Cap is arched and somewhat granulose. Color in…

Tiny mushroom

This mushroom was found in my front yard, growing in the lawn. It has a verigate, bell-shaped cap with an even margin. No apparent partial veil and the…

Orange mushrooms among ivy

This mushroom was growing on a fallen log in a forest and had English ivy growing around it. The cap is smooth and convex with an even edge….

Classic red Mushroom

This mushroom was growing in my neighbors lawn. It has a bright red saucer cap with scales. Gills are narrow and are attached close to the stem (uncinate)….

Strange seedpod mold

-Isolated from a tree seed pod that was beginning to decay. – It might be two molds because the seed pod is surrounded by a pure white mold…

Sclerotia ginger

-Mold growing from a sample of ginger. -Transparent mycelium with medium sized, black sclerotia growing in a circle around the ginger sample. -I believe this mold is in…

Mold in the air

-Also isolated from the air in my apartment. -Grey green on top and white with green edges on the bottom. The mold is growing in five places on…

Orange peel mold

-Grown on a plate with an orange peel and spinach. Although it is closer to the orange peel sample, the spinach really took off and might have spread…

Airy mold

-Mold from an air sample taken from my bedroom/kitchen -The mold is a fuzzy white and pale yellow on the bottom. It was very slow to grow and…

Cedar vs. oak fern

-Samples taken from western red cedar and oak fern leaves. -Very beautiful green growth from the cedar sample with a more saturated color on the CMA plate. The…

Jalapeño vs. ginger

-samples taken from a moldy Jalapeño and ginger -The ginger on the PDA is growing a green mold (possibly penicillium chrysogenum) which is absent in the CMA plate….

Sword fern vs. maidenhair fern

-Samples from a sword fern and a maidenhair fern -Fungal growth looks very different between the two plates. Overall the PDA plate has more growth and is almost…

Orange peel vs. Spinach

-Samples taken from an orange peel and a yellow spinach leaf. -The dark fungus from the spinach has almost taken over the PDA plate while it remained relatively…

Apple tart vs. Apple peel

-The plates contain samples from an already molded apple tart, and a section of an apple peel. -There is more fungal growth on the PDA plate especially for…

Moldy apple strudel

Apple strudel from Walmart. Even with its undoubtably high amount of preservatives the strudel started to mold quickly so I was interested in seeing what type of mold…

Sad vegetables reminding me to watch my food waste

I raided my kitchen to find a wilted head of lettuce and a moldy onion. I sampled only the skin of the onion which were in contact with…

Diseased sword fern

This sword fern definitely stood out from the others. It has obviously been impacted by some disease that has bleached the leaves. I am interested to see what…

Interesting tree stumpI

I noticed this tree stump which had a variety of moss and fungi growing on it. It offers an already thriving mini ecosystem and I wanted to sample…

Strange seedpod

I found this tree seed pod which had started to turn black. I was interested to see if the deterioration was from a fungus.