Will water agar help me run from mold, or just bacteria?

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I was very sad to realize that my “mycelium” growing on PDA from a turkeytail tissue culture was some sort of mold and not mycelium at all.

I have heard some about using water agar to slow down contains and isolate mycelium. Will this work with molds or just bacteria? The white airy mold has grown on a few of my plates, it grows much faster than mycelium on PDA at least. I also need a better/cleaner workspace and I think a friend is going to lend me a flow hood so that might help.

thanks fam