Someone, please, why do they all look so much different. I understand they’re all their own organisms, but I just would’ve thought at this scale their differences would be more minuscule.
I think she’s used something (maybe a piece of thin plastic) to separate the areas, then has populated each area with a different type of mold
I don’t know what species of molds are present, but it’s like leaving food in the fridge for too long, any spores will start to grow and turn into fluffy/slimey forms…different types of mold will look different, and if there’s just one type per segment it will be able to grow without competition
I don’t know if this fully answers your question, there are some mycology communities here who can maybe help better
‘…Just cultivate different types of microbes (preferably distinctly colors), slice the agars in to small squares, make a mosaic out of them and cultivate a few more days to hide the gaps…’ which is possibly the process Dasha Plesen has used
Someone, please, why do they all look so much different. I understand they’re all their own organisms, but I just would’ve thought at this scale their differences would be more minuscule.
I guess my misunderstanding is here:
Is this a macro scale for fungi???
I think she’s used something (maybe a piece of thin plastic) to separate the areas, then has populated each area with a different type of mold
I don’t know what species of molds are present, but it’s like leaving food in the fridge for too long, any spores will start to grow and turn into fluffy/slimey forms…different types of mold will look different, and if there’s just one type per segment it will be able to grow without competition
I don’t know if this fully answers your question, there are some mycology communities here who can maybe help better
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This actually helps a lot! Thanks!
I cross posted this to https://lemmy.ml/post/3120958…
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‘…Just cultivate different types of microbes (preferably distinctly colors), slice the agars in to small squares, make a mosaic out of them and cultivate a few more days to hide the gaps…’ which is possibly the process Dasha Plesen has used