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RogerRabbit
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Clash of the Titans
#3941617 - 03/19/05 08:02 PM (19 years, 13 days ago) |
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Who do ya think is going to win?
I'm making a time lapse video of the whole bloody battle to come. It will be interesting when the two collide. RR
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MrMaddHatter
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Tough call. I really want to see the vid when its done though
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scatmanrav
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I think the green will win.
But I'm rooting for the home team.
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: scatmanrav]
#3942206 - 03/19/05 10:59 PM (19 years, 13 days ago) |
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the perfect fungi will win but it will leave the mycelium unusable
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RogerRabbit
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Well, the battle is raging and they're not even touching each other. The mushroom mycelium has formed a solid line approaching the contaminant. Note the irregular leading edge of the mycelium on the opposite side of the contam as opposed to the defensive line on the contaminant side. Also note the contaminant has stopped growing and is losing vigor. This is not what I expected to happen at all. Is it chemical warfare? Psychological warfare?
By the way, the mushroom mycelium isn't Cubensis. It's Reishi, a very powerful medicinal. RR
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That is friggin cool. Can't wait to see in a few more days.
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: Suntzu]
#3966921 - 03/24/05 10:05 PM (19 years, 8 days ago) |
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I'd love to see that video!! Really a titans clash
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Sick.
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Maybe they will live in harmony.
Is this and intentional experiment or and accidental contamination?
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RogerRabbit
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Accidental. I only wanted a time-lapse movie of a petri dish colonizing, but the darn lid kept fogging up with condensation from the bright lights needed for photography. The cure was to remove the parafilm from the edges of the petri dish. That allowed the contaminant to slip in under the edge. Both the contaminant and the Reshi have started to grow again. After 48 hours of staring each other down, I noticed this morning the green had expanded 1mm toward the reishi. Within two hours, the reshi had jumped 2mm toward the contaminant. I'll post pix when I get back to my other computer where the video captures are being saved. It would appear the battle is about to begin. Two video cameras on tripods are recording every activity in this dish 24/7. I can't wait to see the outcome. RR RR
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Here's the latest. Note the formerly straight line of mycelium facing the contaminant has started to curve in a way that indicates it might be preparing to encircle the penicillium. Note also the contaminant has grown slightly after several days of apparent dormancy. RR
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Awesome
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smellycat
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very cool...intersted in seeing what happens.
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: smellycat]
#3979645 - 03/28/05 09:35 AM (19 years, 5 days ago) |
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for a second there rog, you started sounding like a commentator
...i thought that looked like penicillium- my guess: i think the pen is mightier than the sword
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: psilocyben]
#3980374 - 03/28/05 01:20 PM (19 years, 5 days ago) |
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Awesome! Any updates today?
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ForbiddenFruit said: Awesome! Any updates today?
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The Reishi, after sitting and gathering strength for a few days has begun to grow toward the contaminant again. It appears to be attempting to isolate and circle the enemy. RR
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Going in for the attack!
The green doesn't seem to have grown very much during conlonization. ?strange?
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I have a feeling the white contam is going to cover the green one. Keep us updated!
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I think the green is invisibly growing , i think its fighting invisibly where the myc stopped at.
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yup. Pennicilum has a reputation for unleashing some nasty mycotoxins on its environment.
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: BloodNOil]
#3988193 - 03/29/05 10:48 PM (19 years, 3 days ago) |
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But look at it. It's all boxed up and can't get away. I've never seen it go this long without forming satellite colonies. The reishi is definitely holding its own.
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*adds thread to favorites*
cant wait to see the outcome. GoOoooo reishi.
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RogerRabbit
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The Reishi is on the attack it would appear.
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Hello, all!
I know I'm a Newbie here but
A) I had to bust my cherry B) I have some experience with moulds in culture C) I'm interested in the way Basidiomycetes behave on agar, so
What colour is the reverse of the "green" colony? The obverse looks Olive/~Brown to me, suggesting Cladosporium, not Penicillium. If the reverse is dark this is most certainly the case and you may or may not have a viable culture. Some Clado. spp. will restrict other fungi while not necessarily inhibiting their ability to fruit.
Hope this is a helpful first post.
Cheers!
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it's penicillium, alright. though my exp. with it has been blueish, though i have never watched it culture on agar.
i can't wait to see what happens next episode. thanks, RR
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: psilocyben]
#3993390 - 03/31/05 12:40 AM (19 years, 2 days ago) |
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It may possibly be aspergillus or even Cladosporium, but I'm filming the action for a time lapse video and I don't want to disturb the placement of the dish to get a microscopic identification on the contaminant. It was a green color earlier, but has since faded to what you see. If you'll look at some of the earlier pictures, the blue/green color is a bit more distinct. RR
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Very interesting !
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: RogerRabbit]
#4001975 - 04/01/05 06:36 PM (19 years, 23 hours ago) |
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Quote:
RogerRabbit said: It may possibly be aspergillus or even Cladosporium, but I'm filming the action for a time lapse video and I don't want to disturb the placement of the dish to get a microscopic identification on the contaminant. It was a green color earlier, but has since faded to what you see. If you'll look at some of the earlier pictures, the blue/green color is a bit more distinct. RR
Ahhhh, true true...
In the first couple of pix the colony is like a deep aquamarine...? I've seen both Asp. and Pen. express this colour. Sometimes Clado will also look this way VERY early and depending upon media and lighting (I'm used to MEA and halogen/fluorescents).
It looks as if the exercise is more a matter of entertainment than anything else so it doesn't really matter, and you can't really ID a mould based on colony morphology alone... You're right to not disturb the plate and invite satellite colonies.
If you're interested in naming the intruder at the end of the clash, PM me and I'll be happy to look at her under my 'scope.
Cheers!
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any more updates?
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: RogerRabbit]
#4008309 - 04/03/05 11:27 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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As the mycelium buildes up its defenses its going to rush over the mold, consuming it in layer of white death.
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Something I have not seen so early has happened. The agar dried out after only two weeks and was starting to pull away from the edges of the petri dish like the dog eared pages on a well-worn book. The reishi and the contaminant are both fighting to the death here. I injected some sterile distilled water onto and below the agar to re-hydrate it. More pictures coming. RR
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: RogerRabbit]
#4008766 - 04/03/05 02:33 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Do you think it was from the lighting for the camera that dried it out?
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RogerRabbit
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I doubt it. I use halogen lighting, but it's on a cycle timer to only come on for 30 seconds every twenty minutes when the vid cap is being taken. I think it was the battle. When I get back to the lab later I'll get a pic up. Most of the sterile water has been absorbed by the agar. RR
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: RogerRabbit]
#4008970 - 04/03/05 03:33 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Halogen is some of the hotest lighting out there.
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: RogerRabbit]
#4009107 - 04/03/05 04:15 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ok, here's what happened. The dish, unwrapped to keep it from fogging up earlier, dried out. Look at the edges peeling up at the six and twelve o'clock positions.
After adding water to the agar, it seems to have re-hydrated. Hopefully, growth will resume soon. (The first and last time I'll ever root for a contaminant)
RR
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: RogerRabbit]
#4010301 - 04/03/05 09:04 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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RogerRabbit said: The first and last time I'll ever root for a contaminant
lol
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RogerRabbit
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The reishi has succeeded in containing and isolating the contamination by absorbing all the available water in the agar. Look at the above picture before added the water. The edges were curled up from being too dry. I haven't seen that before from dishes that were less than several months old. I will consider when growth of both organisms stopped and the dish became totally dry as the end of the experiment. I know that dry reishi mycelium will start growing again after at least two years. I don't know how long the contaminant would remain viable. RR
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: RogerRabbit]
#4040000 - 04/11/05 04:24 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Any updates, Roger?
Here is another "clash":
where Pleurotus citrinopileatus is winning the battle.. and growing over the mold...
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: Speeker]
#4040239 - 04/11/05 08:39 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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even if the white mycellium wins, would you still use it to innoc a cake? or is it unsafe?
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: Abermelin]
#4040665 - 04/11/05 10:52 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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The experiment was terminated per the above post. The end was somewhat anticlimactic in that the reishi sucked up all the available moisture from the agar, thereby starving the contaminant and then going into some sort of 'hibernation' where I suppose evolution has taught it that it can outlast its enemies. There was no spectacular battle to the finish as I had hoped to film. Bummer. RR
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: RogerRabbit]
#4054833 - 04/14/05 01:11 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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thats insane!
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: FleaAccela]
#4355317 - 06/30/05 12:38 PM (18 years, 8 months ago) |
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Is the video ready?
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: wideweb]
#4371486 - 07/05/05 07:19 AM (18 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'd watch that!
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Re: Clash of the Titans [Re: BetaDelta]
#7855221 - 01/09/08 06:20 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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that is fucking amazing...you can see that the myc is trying not to go near it
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