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ezra_sinclair t1_ix6ipa1 wrote

Reply to comment by WindsorPotts in Lung infections caused by soil fungi are a problem nationwide by preppythugg

Hmmm, well I do still have the plate, so let's put a pin in that. The lab has many forbidden snacks already, the chocolate agar, one particular mold that looked like the frothy cinnamon seasoned top of a latte... We later named that mold Fred and kept him in a steel canister with a smiley face drawn on it as he was so virulent he'd grow right out of a closed plate. Broke my heart when I had to throw him out, but I don't doubt he survived the incinerator in some form. No, but apparently I could exclude b.anthracis by streaking it on to blood agar, which I do have, as my reading says it's the only one in the b.cereus group that doesn't display beta-hemolysis on blood agar, but at this point I prefer the mystery.

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WindsorPotts t1_ix6j0qc wrote

The mystery is what keeps the relationship spicy

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ezra_sinclair t1_ix6j4bv wrote

Of course, 80 percent of being a scientist is about remaining inappropriately sexually attracted to your work.

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WindsorPotts t1_ix6jc15 wrote

Right?! Look at Marie Curie!

Oh. Wait. No. Sorry. That went bad, fast

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WindsorPotts t1_ix6j33g wrote

Also I'm calling dibs on the latte froth fungi

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ezra_sinclair t1_ix6jk9f wrote

Fred was a good guy, I respect the will to survive. Fungi in general are so lovely I think. We have so many preconceptions about life that are taught to us by the animal-plant dichotomy that dominates biology education, fungi has a way of defying all preconceptions.

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WindsorPotts t1_ix6js71 wrote

They're basically just a life form that says "hold my beer, watch this".

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