TheMooseZeus Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 (edited) Hey all! These terrible images were taken at about 40x magnification on some plates inoculated with 5 year old spores (three years older than the spores in my last post so I have little hope these spores are viable) They were fluffy and white like cotton balls but rose up out of the plate. I assume this is contamination but wanted to make sure. I have been out of the game for a while but I thought mushroom myc would grow in 2 dimension not three. Do you flame your inoculation tool between each transfer? Edited August 21 by TheMooseZeus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMooseZeus Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 A couple more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 its a bit hard to tell in pics. but i think its bread mold. i wouldn't throw them out yet though and give them a bit more time to be sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMooseZeus Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 2 hours ago, El Presidente Hillbillios said: its a bit hard to tell in pics. but i think its bread mold. i wouldn't throw them out yet though and give them a bit more time to be sure Ill leave it if I see it again! I had to open them for the microscope shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMooseZeus Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 To follow up- subsequent plates have shown similar/ the same growth formation. I think its unlikely to be contamination unless the spores were heavily contaminated with one mould species. It could be a FAE issue, this is my first time using glass dishes and they seem to have a pretty good seal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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