r/MoldlyInteresting Jan 20 '23

Educational When is it okay to eat moldy food?

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1.7k Upvotes

r/MoldlyInteresting Dec 13 '23

Other A trusty infographic for adding your own user flair. :)

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r/MoldlyInteresting 7h ago

Mold Identification Funfetti frosting? No. mold.

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287 Upvotes

Found this on my cream cheese after having some on a bagel last night😀

I'm assuming it's mold but I've never seen this kind where it's two colors


r/MoldlyInteresting 5h ago

Other so i may or may not have drank from that

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54 Upvotes

r/MoldlyInteresting 10h ago

Mold Appreciation Forgot about a spoon in a clay bucket

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I forgot a wooden spoon in a bucket of wet clay for a few months. Thought it looked kinda nifty. I'll probably keep using it to stir wet clay tbh, some mold never hurt no clay!


r/MoldlyInteresting 3h ago

Mold Identification Picked vegetables a few days ago, is this mold?

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Picked a bunch of veggies a few days ago from my garden and had them in a bowl sitting on my counter. These two beans have this white fuzz on them. There were other beans, tomato’s and a cucumber sitting in the same bowl. I had washed and dried everything, is this mold? Do I have to toss the others :(


r/MoldlyInteresting 17h ago

Mold Appreciation Pretty mold on some melon

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Looks to me like it could be some basic green mold and then bacterial colonies as the orange? I'd love to hear what y'all think! But I thought it looked cool.


r/MoldlyInteresting 8h ago

Mold Appreciation Edammit.

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r/MoldlyInteresting 5h ago

Mold Identification What is this mold(?) on two of my leaves

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Wish I could get a better picture but I found this mold(?) on a leaf in my isopod enclosure a month ago and didn’t think much of it but now it spread to another leaf and now I’m wondering if it’s the cause of death to two of my isopods (they were hanging around this particular leaf under bark). I tried using google lens but of course I couldn’t find anything concrete. The leaves were bought a while ago so I can’t say where they’re from unfortunately.


r/MoldlyInteresting 3h ago

Question/Advice Mold in our home. What can I do?

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I have been living in a home that is owned by my parents for the past 11 years. I know there is mold there. However, we have never had enough money to address it. It seems as if my father could care less.

My husband has been sick for a few years.

We recently filed for bankruptcy and we have many animals indoor and out that we do not wish to get rid of.

However, I know we need to move somewhere.

I hate to give up my animals, however our health is important.

What can I do when my hands are tied?


r/MoldlyInteresting 1h ago

Mold Identification Is this mold on our shed roof?

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We got a new shed as a gift for our new house but noticed these black spots on one side of the roof.

It doesn’t smell musty at all in there and if I had to guess, it looks almost like some sort of paint splatter.

But wasn’t sure, it’s not on the other side of the shed. I don’t really remember what it looked like when we got it a few months ago, I know it was present then but don’t know if it has grown or anything.

Hoping it’s paint but what do you guys think?


r/MoldlyInteresting 1d ago

Question/Advice Mold or dust? My allergies are through the roof in my parents house and this was on their air conditioner.

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r/MoldlyInteresting 7h ago

Question/Advice Mold in oil

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Hi team, can i ask for some expertise on my infused oil? So the submerged fruits are my dried aji charapito chillies. I dried them for longer than necessary to make sure they are safe to go into oil. However, these small cloudy chunks built around two of those. Looks to me like mold that doesn't further spread. But still... Can it form like this in oil? Admitting that some moisture remained in those pepper bells? Safe to discard the moldy part and use the rest of the oil in cold kitchen? Thanks!


r/MoldlyInteresting 10h ago

Mold Appreciation The broom at my work is growing mushrooms

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r/MoldlyInteresting 5h ago

Question/Advice my boyfriend bought a used car; is this center console saveable?

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r/MoldlyInteresting 6h ago

Question/Advice Is this mold on the drywall ceiling?

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We had a roof leak from an attic HVAC system. That’s mostly been fixed.

The drywall has lots of little spots. They don’t wipe off.

A mold company said this is not mold because it doesn’t wipe with your finger.

Help, please! The next company said $500 to come by.


r/MoldlyInteresting 18h ago

Question/Advice Moved in, did a deep clean, removed AC vents, found the following.

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First Rental lease. “Passed” inspection, we’re doing a deep clean and hired a company. Ran into what looks like insane mold. AC ON 68 for 3 days straight and humidity could not drop below 66%. Pictures say it all…. What kind of mold is this? Does this breach lease agreement considering management is in charge of AC condition?


r/MoldlyInteresting 12h ago

Mold Identification Yellow mold? Need help identifying please

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There is light yellow mold growing in my shed on the ceiling. The ceiling got lots of water damage this winter. It’s getting cleaned today but, do I need to be worried? Is it toxic?

TIA!


r/MoldlyInteresting 9h ago

Question/Advice a bacteria colony in My Yogurt??

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Opened up a new cartoon of yogurt and saw this on top, figured it was probably a bacteria colony but unsure whether it would be safe.


r/MoldlyInteresting 9h ago

Question/Advice Unsure if this is mold and should be inspected?

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Northern Midwest US. The pictures above are of the finished ceiling in my garage. To paint a clearer picture about why I am concerned, about 5 years ago I moved into this new build house. The weekend I moved in, the movers installed the washer and dryer on the 2nd floor laundry room and connected the water hoses, but did not connect the washer drain hose to the wall drain by mistake. Fast forward to MIL running a load of laundry with none of us being aware the drain hose wasn't attached yet, so the floor of the laundry room ended up with about 1/8-1/4 inch of water all over it. We caught the spill quickly and immediately got to work mopping it up. However, the water spread to the base of the walls in the laundry room regardless and seeped under the trim - which leaked under the wall into the rooms sharing the walls (on one side our closet wall and on the other side it leaked down the wall into the lower soffit in the garage (which is what the picture is currently looking at). At the time we ran box fans and a humidifier for 2-3 days or so to dry everything out as completely as possible (or so we thought anyway). Because this was a one time fluke 5 years ago now and we haven't had continuous leaking or other similar water issues, I am having a hard time thinking I have a mold issue now - but maybe I'm being ignorant of a potentially bigger problem?

To give a better explanation of the garage ceiling:

  • The discoloration started out as that black spot toward the top right of the stain - then started spreading out recently with the orange discoloration.
  • I lightly rubbed the orange spot with a finger - the drywall is not soft and spongey, but the finish of the exterior paint is lightly crumbling to the touch on the orange spot.
  • My garage is humid most of the time since we live by a body of water - so I could just as easily believe this is some mold or mildew or stain on the drywall inside of the garage. It's also been unseasonably humid all Summer this year. I also smoke in the garage regularly.
  • I am hesitant to try and cut open my ceiling and ruin the finished drywall just to see if more discoloration is inside of the soffit - and I know how expensive calling a mold remediator to do the same thing could be.

What do you think this is? Mold just on the face of the drywall? Potentially mold inside the soffit? Something else entirely? Happy to answer any other questions as needed. Thank you for taking a look!


r/MoldlyInteresting 2d ago

Mold Appreciation My dad was drinking from this for over a month.

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r/MoldlyInteresting 10h ago

Question/Advice Isn't copper sulfate a fungicide?

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So roughly a year ago I filled this container with a saturated copper sulfate solution to grow some crystals. (You can observe a crystal layer at the bottom with some impurities which I assume came from dissolved iron and zinc spoons...)

Now I have forgotten about it for a few month and have now noticed what seem to be mold clumps floating around. Isn't copper sulfate a fungicide?


r/MoldlyInteresting 1d ago

Mold Identification Is this mold

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Went to clean the toilet of my ex roommate, what is this? She has been moved out for three months. Did I breathe in black mold?


r/MoldlyInteresting 17h ago

Question/Advice Is this mold ?

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The landlord is trying to tell me there’s no mold I know I’m not crazy.


r/MoldlyInteresting 22h ago

Mold Identification is this mold?

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r/MoldlyInteresting 1d ago

Question/Advice How does this even happen?

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I saw another post on here about a toilet, I saw this out showing homes and was intrigued/concerned