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April 19, 2006
What a wonderful mould
Author.::.Mazoo
According to the dictionary mould is “a furry growth of minute fungi occurring typically in moist warm conditions on organic matter”.
Mould differs. There exists bad mould. It can destroy even concrete, brick and plaster. It flies in the air and spoils products. It’s known that mould, appearing on our food without our interference, contains no penicillin and is of no use. You may poison yourself while eating food covered with mould. Mould may cause extreme exhaustion, headaches, skin- and lung-illnesses. While using good mould allergic people should remember that mould itself is often an allergen. Keep in mind that mould hates dryness and cleanness.
One can’t deny existence of a good mould. Gray mold rot, spoiling Russian strawberry, is used for preparation of wines in France and is called a “precious mould”. Marble or blue cheeses (Rockford, Stilton and Gorgonzola) are made with the help of the blue mould. Meanwhile white mould adds specific taste and aroma to Camembert and Brie cheeses.
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Posted by Xena at April 19, 2006 3:08 PM
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hey just cam on to google orange mould and found your site...today we returned back to college to discover a loaf of bread which we had forgotten abou on it there was orange and shite fuzzy mould!! we were a little shocked at first but then thought it was unusual!! never seen anything like it! had a great laugh..haha!! ;)
Posted by: Siobhan at April 25, 2006 4:39 AM
oopsi...just nmoticed in my last comment i meant to say orange and white mould..sorry!!
Posted by: siobhan at April 25, 2006 4:40 AM
Siobhan, do you have any photos? It will be great, to collect a photo gallery of all possible colours of mould! :)
Posted by: phil at April 25, 2006 12:33 PM
This photo of the mould on the cooked rice made by 4zy:
http://static.flickr.com/55/105695795_f5e7738f85_m.jpg
Posted by: Mazoo at April 25, 2006 2:23 PM
Dear Mazoo!
What you have here is Neurospora or red bread mould.
It is not considered to be harmful. The white cotton-like structures come probably from some other species, like Aspergillus, and the black grains seem to be the containers of sexual spores.
It would be interesting where you live, since Neurospora normally grows on burned vegetation, but was reported on bread in French bakeries a long time ago, also.
Nice picture!
Connie
Posted by: Connie at May 8, 2007 4:20 PM
Connie, thank you for your comment. Very interesting details about this kind of mould. This mould was found in Moscow, Russia.
Posted by: phil at May 9, 2007 11:53 PM
A case of diet coke exploded in my laundry room cabinet- I just found it and it had bright orange mold (and blackish grey crap) that seemed to break up into powder when I cleaned it up. Does anyone know if it's at all harmful to people or animals? I wonder how much I have to throw away- the shelves or the entire cabinet?? HELP!!
Posted by: amy at June 28, 2007 7:49 AM
