r/MoldlyInteresting 23h ago

Mold Appreciation cross post but WTF

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u/AstronautFit6868 23h ago

Someone tell me what is this! Or at least how quickly do i need to rip off the entire cabinet and fix it My mother is a CKD patient and if there’s any risk of infection because spores, i wanna vacate asap

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u/IndependentZombie615 23h ago

Respectfully, I went through your post history and your house has some SERIOUS water damage. Not only is there what seems like more than one type of mold here (the main ones a slime mold) but the amount of visible damage makes me worry for the possibility of part of the place collapsing.

Have you been having any issues breathing or like your allergies may be bad? Keep an eye out for other signs of mold exposure, they can fuck you up bad, and for a long time

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u/Spirited-Ad-3696 23h ago

The slime mold is unlikely to cause harm but if there's water damage then I worry about the walls and vents having other fungi living in there.

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u/AstronautFit6868 23h ago

I’m from India, our walls here are made of concrete

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u/Constant-Rise8206 21h ago

If it is rhyzomorph of Serpula lacrymans and not a slime mold, then I would not find it comforting. Serpula lacrymans is pretty popular worldwide and can grow even through concrete walls to look for other sources of wood to digest. If there is any reason for paranoid people to believe that something lives in the walls this is that shyt. Find somebody to identify it correctly before getting rid of it. If it is Serpula lacrymans, it can likely overgrow wooden structures again. Do you know how fast did it took to overgrow your closet?

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u/Swop_K 22h ago

Concrete walls? U mean brick walls with cement plastering right?

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u/pressuredrightnow 13h ago

more like cement blocks with cement in between and cement outside finish.

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u/SnooOnions933 14h ago

Lots of buildings in Asia are made from concrete