25 Photos Tagged "Taija"

Polypores share stump with tiny mushrooms

These shelf fungi were growing on a dead tree trunk in Mundy park. There is no stem. The rims are white, and the colors are various stripes of…

Peachy top mushroom

I found this mushroom in moist soil surrounded by plants. The top of this mushroom is a pale orangey colour on the outside, lightening to a yellow in…

A white mushroom

This mushroom was growing from a mossy ground with lots of dead plant materials around. It’s stem and cap are mostly white. There is a slight beige color…

Spiral Kraft dinner fungus

This jelly fungus was growing on a moist log in Mundy park. The texture was as it appeared, very jelly like and soft. It’s a yellow fungus that…

Mushrooms on a dead tree

These mushrooms were found on a dead tree in Mundy park. Most of the larger caps appeared depressed in shape, but some were somewhat convex. The cap margins…

Coral fungus on forest floor

I found this growing in Mundy park in a very canopied area. The mushroom does not have a cap but is highly branched, further branching at the ends….

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…

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…

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…

Air contaminant or the lipstick?

This mold is growing on the side that had the lipstick sample, but I think I might have had the dish open too long. The top looks fuzzy…

Fungi in air sample

This was the air sample on the PDA media. On the bottom the fungi yellow in the middle, and gets white on the edges. On the top, the…

Water from dogs dish

The top dish is the CMA plate while the bottom is the PDA plate. This was water from the dogs and cats water dish. There’s more fungus spots…

Very old carrot

These were samples from a very old carrot in the fridge. The left plate is the PDA media, and the right is the CMA media. I think the…

Outside air

I left these samples outside near my patio door. It was evidently a windy day, leading to a lot of debris. The top is the CMA media, while…

Homemade bread

These are pieces of homemade bread. I took pieces of parts with mould already growing on them. The PDA plate is on the left, and the CMA plate…

Store bread

These are samples of store bread I left in a baggy with a little bit of water for week. The CMA plate is on the right, and has…

Brown Apple pieces

There was no visible on my Apple, so I took the brown parts to sample. The left is the PDA plate, the right is the CMA. The PDA…

Unhealthy plant leaf

I took samples from dying leaves of an unhealthy plant. The left side is the PDA plate while the right is the CMA plate. I think the PDA…

Healthy outdoor plant

These were samples from the leaves of a healthy looking plant. The left side is the PDA plate while the right is the CMA plate. There is significantly…

Air from my kitchen

The bottom is the PDA and the top is the CMA mediums. These were left on my kitchen counter near the compost bin. The growth appears to be…

Homemade week old bread

This is the end piece of my moms homemade bread. I chose it as it doesn’t have preservatives like store bread, so I was hoping for more mould….

Sad looking plant

This plant randomly grew under the balcony quite recently. It was healthy for a while but now looks very unhealthy which is why I chose it. I predict…

Very old lipstick

I think I bought this lipstick 5-6 years ago. It has been in my bathroom for entire time. I have had issues of mould on my lipsticks in…

Soil from an outdoor plant

I took a soil sample from this outdoor plant. The plant looks pretty healthy, but I want to know if there’s fungi in the soil. I hypothesize a…

Old carrot from the fridge

I found this carrot in my moms fridge, and figured she hopefully wouldn’t want it anymore. I chose it because it looks pretty unhealthy. I hypothesize it will…