I am going to isolate some fungi from food samples. And, facing problems to identify the fungus (attached pictures). It is a 10-day culture on PDA. I need your urgent help. Thanks.
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Mycology expert ! Identification of fungus by plate culture morphology
Started by nazirp450, Sep 18 2012 06:49 PM
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Posted 18 September 2012 - 06:49 PM
I am going to isolate some fungi from food samples. And, facing problems to identify the fungus (attached pictures). It is a 10-day culture on PDA. I need your urgent help. Thanks.
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Posted 18 September 2012 - 06:55 PM
I am facing some problems in isolation and identification of fungi from food sample. Can you identify the fungus that I am attaching here (two pictures). It is a 10-day culture on PDA. Thanks.
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Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional...
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Posted 19 September 2012 - 08:46 AM
I'm not a mycologist, but don't you need to have a picture of the spores?
One must presume that long and short arguments contribute to the same end. - Epicurus
...except casandra's that belong to the funniest, most interesting and imaginative (or over-imaginative?) ones, I suppose.
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Posted 01 October 2012 - 06:55 PM
I couldn't open/enlarge the pictures but as hobglobin said, you'll need alot more than those for an identification.
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Posted 09 October 2012 - 12:24 AM
do a slide culture.
it looks like aspergillus to me
it looks like aspergillus to me
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 05:50 AM
Please do not take the casual identification above as accurate.
