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Kylea (left) and Mya (right) discuss how to classify a specific culture.

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Kylea shows two fungal cultures of the same morphotype. These beigey-gray, wrinkly fungus, will be stacked together. Later, they will confirm that they are the same species with genetic testing.

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Mya reviews fungal trait data from the last several weeks to problem-solve a contaminated culture.

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Dr. Kylea Garces (right) and PhD student Mya Darsan (left) enter growth characteristics data, surrounded by their many fungal cultures.

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Dr. Kylea Garces looks at a fungal culture in a petri dish.

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A well camouflaged sea slug, Sagaminopteron psychedelicum, moves over a sponge on the surface of a bommie.

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Maintaining a healthy distance from an eel emerging from a bommie. It is trying to figure out if my fingers would make a tasty snack.