wild yeast - name that pellicle

[droder1]

Hi everyone, i captured some wild yeast from oranges on an orange tree in my yard. It has thrown up a solid pellicle, curious what everyones views are as to what it is (brett/lacto)?

 

[kingwood-kid]

Lacto isn't yeast, but whatever. If you captured from an orange tree, it's almost guaranteed that you captured a variety of things. Some won't grow at all, and some will grow faster or earlier than others. In my experience, lacto doesn't form a continuous pellicle, but one composed of globules that look a lot like cottage cheese. Brett forms a more puffy-cloud type pellicle, which is more what yours looks like to me. People with more experience than me--there's plenty of you--can chime in here.

 

[TriggerFingers]

Look like high stratus clouds clouds than brett....but then again, puffy clouds can be very brett-ish

 

[droder1]

Lacto isn't yeast, but whatever. If you captured from an orange tree, it's almost guaranteed that you captured a variety of things. Some won't grow at all, and some will grow faster or earlier than others. In my experience, lacto doesn't form a continuous pellicle, but one composed of globules that look a lot like cottage cheese. Brett forms a more puffy-cloud type pellicle, which is more what yours looks like to me. People with more experience than me--there's plenty of you--can chime in here.

Touché on lacto not yeast - but I'm no dummy, just lazy, bacteria/yeast was a longer post title than I figured necessary. But typing this response on the other hand...


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[WayFrae]

Whatever it is, it looks cool! I think it looks a lot like lacto in its earlier stages.