Test your knowledge about Cobweb Mold
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Questions covered in this Quiz
Cobweb mold and phase of growing cycle - Cobweb mold most often appears:
Possible answers:
- On grain spawn
- On mushroom cake
- On mushroom fruit bodies
- On agar plates
Main symptoms of Cobweb mold contamination - What symptom(s) on a mushroom cake would make you think about a Cobweb mold contamination?
Possible answers:
- Bruising on mycelium and mushroom stems
- Gray powder
- Blue-gray powder
- Grayish mycelium growth
- Fuzzy feet and caps
- White thick rope-like mycelium growth
Cobweb features - Which facts about Cobweb mold are true?
Possible answers:
- Cobweb is one of the slowest growing molds
- Cobweb is one of the fastest growing molds
- Cobweb spores stay alive after substrate pasteurization at 175-212F or +80-100C for 3 hours
- Cobweb spores die at a temperature of +50°C or 122°F for 30 minutes
- Cobweb is considered a treatable disease
- Cobweb is impossible to treat. Once you see it - toss the cake immediately!
- Cobweb mold always appears on the very first flush of fruiting
- Cobweb spores can remain in the substrate for a long time and begin to grow on the 2nd-3rd flush
Cobweb treatment - What can you do, if you notice early cobweb mold on mushroom cake size of a coin?
Possible answers:
- Q-tip or Swab test
- Burn the cake
- Spray the contaminated area with 3% hydrogen peroxide
- Spray the contaminated area with 99% alcohol
- Make salt or soda application on the contaminated area
- Let it grow till it turns red-purple color
- Cut the contaminated area
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