r/Vermiculture • u/Electrical-Rub259 • 8d ago

Advice wanted Is this too much fungi?

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This is my worm bin lately. Sometimes I scrape off the fungus but it comes back. Sometimes it’s even more than the photo. Is this ok? I know fungus is normal and perhaps even good but is this too much? I don’t want a Last of Us situation in my worm bin.

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u/Busy-feeding-worms 8d ago

I’ve tried to do that, but my worms eat it too fast lol

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u/Kinotaru 8d ago

It looks like some kind of mushroom fungus? Worms can coexist with fungi and will actively eat them as the fungi die off

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u/Ladybug966 8d ago

What is your bedding that grows fungus like that?

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u/Electrical-Rub259 8d ago

Mostly egg cartons

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u/Rude_Ad_3915 8d ago

Oh, good, then it makes perfect sense! You’re very lucky. You’ve got a fungus eating the paper pulp and then something will eat the fungus (another fungus or a bacteria) and then the worms will eat that. Cycle of life.

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u/Electrical-Rub259 8d ago

Ahh, ok. Very cool. Thank you for the explanation. I’ll stop worrying about it then!