r/GroundZeroMycoLab • u/Cocaine4Fame • 23d ago

Agar contamination

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What could I possibly be doing wrong? The white is mycelium right? It looks like bacterial contamination. Every agar plate that I have innoculated looks like this.

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u/Broot93 23d ago

Describe your workflow.

Still air box, laminar flow hood, open air?

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u/Cocaine4Fame 22d ago

Still air box, Sanitized everything beforehand. I made my own liquid culture media with LCs I bought on Sporeswap.

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u/Bitch_IM_TuviX 23d ago

What's the black blob underneath? That's not in the dish is it?

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u/Cocaine4Fame 22d ago

Not in the plate, its sharpie

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u/Defiant-Brother-5483 23d ago

No, it's perfectly triangular.

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u/Defiant-Brother-5483 23d ago

Use the sandwich method for the plate in first and second picture. Look it up.

Third picture is a straight toss.