20 Photos Tagged "Jess H."

Rather Battered Russula

I found this mushroom while hiking in Lynn Valley, not too far from the main parking lot (so fairly high up and away from running water). It had…

Tiny Orange Mushroom

I found this mushroom while hiking in Lynn Valley, as it was growing directly on the trail. It was growing from the wood of the boardwalk, and might…

Probably Angel Wings

I found this mushroom while hiking in Lynn Valley, on a log fairly close to the river. It was pure white, with a sort of involute cap with…

Adorable Tiny Mushroom

This mushroom was found growing from soil in Lynn Valley, a fair distance away from the river and a couple hundred feet higher. It had an ovoid cap…

Probably Turkey Tail

I found this fungus while hiking in Lynn Valley area, growing on a log near the river. It was quite hard, and had no hairs on the top…

Yellow Mold

This mold is from a piece of strawberry leaf from my outdoor strawberry plants. It has grown very fast and seems to cover at least half of the…

Small Dark Blob

This mold is likely from some very moldy cheese I sampled. It is vaguely circular, and would probably be perfectly circular if it had not grown up against…

Small White Circle

I think this mold is from some incredibly moldy cheese I sampled. It is quite small and perfectly round, and the top appears sort of domed. The top…

Pretty In Pink

This mold is from a piece of blackberry leaf from a wild blackberry bush near my house. It is pink on top, with some lighter mycelia on the…

Rhizopus Gone Wild

This mold is probably from the compost bin that I took a sample of, but it has taken over the entire plate. The mycelia is white, with tiny…

Berry Vs. Berry

On the left side, there is a piece of leaf from my strawberry plant. On the right side, there is a piece of leaf from some wild blackberry…

Rose & Tomato Leaves

On the left side, there is a piece of leaf from my rosebush. On the right side, there is a piece of leaf from my tomato plant. This…

Spider Plant & Cheese

This is one of my favourite plates so far! This has a sample from some really moldy cheese on the left side, and a piece of leaf from…

Soil Competition

This plate has some soil from my garden. The PDA plate is growing much better, as both plates are basically covered with mycelium but the mycelium on the…

Compost Vs. Compost

These plates both have samples from my compost bin on them, along with a piece of maple leaf (that is probably not contributing much to the fungi). The…

Spotty Maple Leaf

I found this leaf on the ground and cut off small pieces to sample it. It looks unhealthy from the white spots on it, so I’m expecting pretty…

A Rose (Leaf) By Any Other Name

I took one of the yellowed leaves off my rosebush to sample. The lower leaves are clearly not healthy, and the leaf I took also had some white…

Attack of the Killer Tomato Leaf

My precious tomato plants are clearly not liking this cold weather, but I noticed that the leaves also have some black spots and fuzz, so I clipped off…

The Wrong Kind of Blue Cheese

To sample this, I cut off a small piece of the moldy cheese. I chose this because it’s clearly very moldy and I left it in the fridge…

Compost Bin from the Black Swamp

I decided to swab the inside of my compost bin, because sometimes I see mold growing in there if I don’t wash it for too long (and it…