Object
Contaminated Fungus Sample Plate
A plain ceramic plate holding a dark, moist, contaminated fungus sample resembling a heavy fruit cake, oozing darker liquid and emitting an earthy stink. Later returned to the larder shelf by Benton after Nancy sets it aside.
2 appearances
Purpose
Store food sample (later identified as contaminated protein fungus) in domestic larder before laboratory examination
Significance
The fungus on this plate links Professor Jones’s cultivated protein source to the deadly maggot mutations, bridging the domestic setting with the unfolding biological crisis. Its status shifts from harmless hunger relief to biohazard, marking the moment where domesticity encroaches on the Director’s research hub.
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