22 Photos Tagged "Sofia"

Amanita Muscaria?

This mushroom was found growing at the base of a tree on a hiking trail. The cap is arched, and has a slightly striated margin; its surface is…

some shelf mushroom?

I found this mushroom growing on a tree on a hiking trail. It has a seas-shell shaped cap, with crenate edges, and a silky/sericeous surface. There is no…

Possible False Chanterelles

I found this mushroom on a hiking trail, growing on a stump. It’s quite big and pretty yellow. The cap is a depressed saucer shape, has eroded margins,…

Psilocybe pelliculosa ?

I found this mushroom growing on a tree next to a hiking trail. It has a light brown stalk and cap, and white gills. The cap has a…

Honey mushrooms?

I found this mushroom, growing in the soil under some leaves on a hiking trail. The cap color and stalk are a light brown. The cap is umbonate,…

Garlic sample gone bad

I isolated this fungi from a browning piece of garlic in my fridge (the yellow spot). The top of the plate is completely covered in what looks like…

Some Yucky Dust

This fungi was isolated from the dust from my blinds (spots of green). It’s been grown on PDA. It appears to be growing slowly compared to the black…

Funky Bathroom Fungi

This fungi was isolated from the air in my bathroom (the big patch). I was surprised to find lots of bacterial growth as well. It’s growth on the…

Soil sample part 3

This fungus was isolated from soil growing at the base of a tree I found in a park (the green blob in the upper corner of the bottom…

Very Pretty Fungi

This pink fungus was isolated from a maple leaf I found near a maple tree outside my house. It’s been grown on PDA. It’s definitely the prettiest of…

Arugula vs Garlic

For these two plates, I decided to plate a sample of garlic and arugula from my fridge. The arugula grew significantly more in PDA in contrast to in…

Day(s?) old coffee beans

These two plates contain a sample of ground coffee beans, which had been sitting in the coffee machine, the last couple of days. The left plate contains the…

Driftwood sample

Here I plated driftwood onto CMA and PDA plates. They both have radial, uniform growth. I would say both of them have a yellow hue. PDA has more…

Air sample from bathroom

These are air samples from my bathroom, after being left for an hour. They both seem to have minimal growth, with tiny spots. I would say that PDA…

Palm Leaf v Maple Leaf

A maple leaf and palm tree leaf, from trees in front of my home, were plated. CMA plate -for both leaves- have more uniform growth compared to the…

soil sample plate from a sad looking tree

Here I plated a soil sample that I found from the base of a tree in my neighborhood. The PDA seems to have a lot more growth than…

Soil sample

Here I plated a red maple leaf and a palm tree leaf on both media. The PDA seems to have a lot more growth than the CMA plates….

Decaying stick

The final place I sampled from was a decaying piece of wood, that I suspect was a piece of driftwood, as it was found nearby the ocean. It…

A palm tree in vancouver?

I decided to sample a palm tree I found where I live. I didn’t expect to find a palm tree growing in Vancouver, so I was interested in…

Air sample from my bathroom

The next place I decided to take a fungi sample was in the air in my bathroom. There may/may not be mold in there, so I wanted to…

soil sample from a sad looking tree

This is a picture of a tree from whose base I took a soil sample. I took it on a cold and rainy day, so the soil was…

Maple Leaf nearby my house

This is a leaf I found right outside my building where there are a lot of maple leaf trees around. It was found sitting on a ledge right…