Biology Forum Microbiology Identify this

last updated by victor 16 years ago
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    • #10444
      bstojanovic
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      Hello,

      Can somebody tell me precisely what kind of the mould or fungus is this?
      I attached several high resolution photo’s to this topic.

      Here are YouTube video links of this creature:
      1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbb6QQf6mOM
      2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jocP6cy8bkY

      It grows behind the door of my basement which we digged in the hill a year ago.


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    • #87150
      bstojanovic
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      Here are some more photo’s:


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    • #87175
      MrMistery
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      I’m sorry, you can’t identify fungi by how it looks like. It’s simply not possible. A very good mycologist might be able to give you maybe a handful of possibilities, but most certainly not make a positive ID. Why do you need to know?

    • #87193
      victor
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      I agree with MrMistery. It’s almost impossible for identifying fungi (mold) just based from those photos. Usually mold identification uses Colony and Cellular Morphologies.
      Maybe you can make pick a little spore from the mycelia and culture them in a cultue medium (Malt Extract Agar, or Czapeck Dox Agar) for at least 5 days until they grown well. After that, you can identify them by their Colony and Cellular Morphologies.

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