Fungi - Living Material
Live specimens are used for a wide variety of studies including studying the physiological effects of drugs on a specimen’s heartbeat and temperature on metabolism, the locomotion of microscopic organisms, and studying plant respiration, photosynthesis, plosmolysis, and more. Algal cultures form colonies of cells that are extremely easy to visualize for better understanding of cell walls and plastids, and many live specimens reproduce rapidly for quick turnover between successive tests.
Arthrobotrys conoides
Deuteromycete. Biological control organism. Traps nematodes. Incubation temperature 25°C. Cornmeal agar growth medium.
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Candida albicans
Deuteromycete. Causes thrush, candidiasis. Multiplies by budding. Forms germ-tubes in serum cultures. Incubation temperature 37°C. Potato dextrose agar growth medium. Note: Pathogen.
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Mucor hiemalis (-)
Zygomycete. Dung Mold. Mating strain; cross with Mucor heimalis (+) for zygospore formation. Incubation temperature 25°C. Potato dextrose agar growth medium.
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Ascomycete. Host for rDNA. Incubation temperature 30°C. Sabouraud dextrose/YM agar growth medium.
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Mucor hiemalis (+)
Zygomycete. Dung Mold. Mating strain; cross with Mucor heimalis (-) for zygospore formation. Incubation temperature 25°C. Potato dextrose agar growth medium
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Ward's® Introduction to Genetics: A Dihybrid Cross in Yeast Lab Activity
Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment made easy.
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Ward's® Sordaria Genetics Kit
Classic experiment to demonstrate crossing over.
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Ward's® Introduction to Genetics: A Monohybrid Cross in Yeast Lab Activity
A quick and colorful demonstration of Mendel’s Law of Segregation.
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Ward's® Lichen Types
One each of foliose, crustose, and fruticose lichen. The foliose and crustose lichens are any of a wide variety of species; the fruticose lichen is either cladonia or reindeer moss. All samples are field-collected and come in a 4 oz. labeled jar.
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Sordaria Agar
For growth and sporulation of ascomycetes, specifically Sordaria species.
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Dihybrid Cross
Supplied as tube cultures. Comes with culture and handling instructions, as well as the manual Working with Fungi.
Eight strains: a1 (HAO), α1 (HBO), a2 (HAR), α2 (HBR), a3 (HAT), α3 (HBT), a4 (HART), α4 (HBRT).
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Coprinus cinereus
Basidiomycete. Inky-capped mushroom. Jar culture. Incubation temperature 30°C. YM/rabbit dung agar growth medium.
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Puccinia graminis, Composite (sect) qs
Wheat rust. All spore stages: pycnia, aecia, telia, and uredia.




