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Mold gallery on Shroomok

Photos of mold contamination in mushroom growing. Mold (mould) is a fungal growth (known over 100 000 types). Appear on different steps of growing: on agar, grain, mushroom cake/block. Molds spreaded by spores in the air. The main symptom is bright color

Green Mold (Trichoderma)

Green Mold (Trichoderma)

Blue-Green Mold (Penicillium)

Blue-Green Mold (Penicillium)

Black Pin Mold (Rhizopus & Mucor)

Black Pin Mold (Rhizopus & Mucor)

Black-yellow-green mold (Aspergillus)

Black-yellow-green mold (Aspergillus)

Orange bread mold (Neurospora)

Orange bread mold (Neurospora)

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is anyone able to identify what type of contamination on my agar plates

Black pin mold mucor rhizopus contamination in mushroom cultivation

Black bread pin mold on grain spawn rhizopus stolonifer

Black pin mold growth

Early black pin mold contam on mushroom cake

Black pin mold mucor rhizopus contamination on mushroom cake

Black pin mold on mushroom mycelium

Black pin mold contamination

Pin mold contamination

Just wanted watch it grow and photograph it blue-green mold

Blue green mold appeared on agar cup

Third flush of mushroom growing. Is it Pink Mold? #2

Third flush of mushroom growing. Is it Pink Mold?

Green mold suddenly appeared on mushroom cake

I believe it’s penicillium contamination, but no way to verify it. It grows extremely fast, the mycelium is slower. So I’m just watching it

The battle rages on - mushroom mycelium vs mold contamination #2

Mycelium vs mold contamination

Is this yellow mold in spawn jar

Yellow growth appeared in the spawn jar

This what a mold and mycelium look like in the same spawn jar

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Diseases Bacterial contamination