"Colin Davidson" <cabd2 at biotech.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:blgpn6$4il$1 at pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk...
>> "Martin Weiss" <mweiss at nyscience.org> wrote in message
> news:p06002000bb9f887da54c@[192.168.1.83]...
> > Does anyone have a reference to molds based upon their color?
> > I'd like to create an exhibit-sort of a mold painting-using molds of
> > different colors. Hopefully the substrates won't be to difficult.
> > Ones I know of are aspergillus is brown-black, penicillium is blue
> > green.
>> That's a nice idea, but I'd shy away from doing that because you're going
to
> be producing an horrendous number of spores. That represents a real
hazard,
> they can cause breathing problems and in some cases they can set of
ghastly
> allergic reactions. They'll also out grow your artwork in no time at all!
>> Aspergillus is a genus that comes in all manner of colours; from the dingy
> black of the dangerous A. niger to the more sickly, fluffy green of A.
> oryzae, through the yellows and oranges of the other species. And I
wouldn't
> like any of them sporulating anywhere near me :)
Or near any other exhibits, food or valued possessions. They're horrible to
get rid of once they get a "toe in the door".
Lesley Robertson
http://www.beijerinck.bt.tudelft.nl
