[extropy-chat] Resources for microscopes

[kevinfreels.com]

My daughters and I want to get some petri dishes and collect samples from what is flying around in the air in the house and see if there is mold and other such things. We plan to collect samples in some kind of medium in the dishes and culture it so we can get decent samples for microscopes. Then we would like to look at it in the microscope and find out what we have. It should be a fun experiment for us all. 
Does anyone know what kinds of media I should use for collecting and culturing the samples? Or, does anyone know of a website resource for comparing samples with photographs?  Our main concern is that we have Strachybotrys running around, but others may be present as well. 
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