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A SPLOT on the Web: Fungi Lab.
Blame @cogdog for the TRU Collector Theme, based on Fukasawa by Anders Norén.
These were found near Burnaby Lake growing on a trail by my friend and I think they’re so cool, so she gave me permission to use the photo….
This mushroom was found in a grassy area beside the sidewalk near my home. It has a convex cap shape with an even margin. It has a warty…
I found this growing out of a grassy patch near my home in New Westminster. It is cylindric cap shape. The margin looks lacerate, but could even be…
These mushrooms were found at Belcarra while I was hiking. It was growing on the ground out of soil from a grassy patch. It has a bit of…
This sample is from my dog’s toe. The bottom is the left and the top is the right. The bottom is dark brownish-green and the top is dark…
Not exactly the best photos, but I tried my best. This is from a swab of my dog’s toes. The fungus is whiteish-grey-yellow with small black spots on…
This is from an air sample I took on my balcony for 60 minutes. It is grey, light pink, and fluffy on the top (right photo) and deep…
This fungus is from a collection I did from the air on my balcony for 60 minutes. The top is on the left and the bottom on the…
Left is the top, right is the bottom of my fungus choice. The source is water from a ditch. It has grown to about 1.1cm in diameter radially…
Unfortunately there’s a lot of condensation in this photo, but it is plate soil from a house plant. The top is CMA and the bottom is PDA. The…
This is a healthy and unhealthy (i.e. browning) leaf sample side by side. The top plate is PDA and the bottom is CMA. On the CMA plate, the…
This is a plated water sample from a ditch. The top is PDA and the bottom is CMA. From what I can see there are way more species…
This is the air sample from my balcony after being out for 60 minutes. The top is PDA and the bottom is CMA. There seem to be more…
This is a swab from my dog’s toe and ear, but the toe section has overgrown to the ear section. The top is CMA and the bottom is…
I sampled some water from a very dirty looking creek. I noticed some ducks in and around the water so I was curious if there are fungal spores…
I sampled some of the coconut fibre bedding I use for my tarantula. I chose to do this because I once saw some mould growing on a bit…
I am isolating from the air on my balcony. It was a pretty windy day and I figured some spores are probably out and about in the air,…
I isolated the soil in my potted houseplant. My plant is looking unhealthy, so I’m curious about what’s in the soil. Perhaps something competing for nutrients with my…
I took swab samples from my dog, specifically one from her ear and one from between her toes. She runs around outside with bare paws, so I thought…