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Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« on: January 31, 2015, 11:19:09 AM »
After 14 days of ageing this strange looking mold has appeared on my blue cheese...

- Is this mold on any way dangerous?
- Should I just let it be or should I just remove it (and how much should then be removed)?

I hope that one of you experts can tell me what it is before I freak out...

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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2015, 03:25:23 PM »
Mold varieties are WAY out of my comfort zone, and I'm only aping what I've read elsewhere. Hopefully someone who actually knows something will come along and correct me.

I think that is a Mucor mold known as poil de chat or cat's fur. I don't think it's dangerous, but it can cause a bitter flavor. I'd probably do local treatments with vinegar saturated with salt. You might want to lower your humidity also. hopefully Google and a search of this site will give you some more information.

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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2015, 04:36:08 PM »
It's either mucor or PC.  Either way I would clean it off.  Try setting the blue out at room temperature for an hour a day to keep the outside dry.
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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2015, 05:00:39 PM »
What is moocher? :-)

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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2015, 05:03:23 PM »
What is moocher? :-)

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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2015, 05:28:30 PM »
I still want to know what a moocher is??
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2015, 05:41:16 PM »
Check your local street corner.  They usually have a sign. LOL O0
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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2015, 05:44:39 PM »
 Hey that's my job :(
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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2015, 06:19:39 PM »
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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2015, 07:57:30 PM »
Priceless!!!  ;D

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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2015, 08:09:02 PM »
It looks like a filamentous fungi.

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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2015, 08:09:41 PM »
Oops, I mean fungus.

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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2015, 08:32:36 PM »
Frodage: Is it dangerous and what can I do about it? :-)

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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2015, 03:32:44 AM »
I would go with Larry and Al's suggestions.

Clean it off with a salt saturated vinegar solution and air it daily to dry it out a tad.
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Re: Dangerous strange mold?? Need help...
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2015, 09:55:14 AM »
Thanks for all the support. I scrabed the ting off and gave the spot a little vinegar and salt...