Wild P candidum harvesting?

[DoctorCheese]

I am currently aging my Red White and Blue cheese that has grown some wild what I assume is P Candidum. This gave me a crazy idea to harvest some of it and try to make a white mold ripened cheese! Any ideas of how reasonable this is? I plan to do it tomorrow so if anyone who sees this has input please don't hold back.

[Vnature]

I did it a couple of times. I cut off a piece of bloomy brie rind and rubbed the new cheese with it. It works pretty well but I am not sure I could harvest only PC because PC and GEO often grow together. Experiments is the best part of cheesemaking imho.  :D So good luck in your research :D

[Gregore]

Where is Linuxboy  or sailor when you need them .

I wonder what is the safest way to isolate this and culture it ?  Assuming it is wild and not an escaped fugitive from your cultures.

[DoctorCheese]

Where is Linuxboy  or sailor when you need them .

I wonder what is the safest way to isolate this and culture it ?  Assuming it is wild and not an escaped fugitive from your cultures.

I have never had any candidums or geotrichum before, so I know it is wild. Unless my rougeforti cultures I bought were contaminated by the manufacturer.

[Gregore]

I hope you let us know what the taste is as you could have something very nice . And thus would feel,the over welling urge to share said culture with your known and un known cheese making friends through  out the worl

[Sailor Con Queso]

This gave me a crazy idea to harvest some of it and try to make a white mold ripened cheese! Any ideas of how reasonable this is?

I do NOT recommend wild harvest of any mold or bacteria. The chances of contamination is not worth saving a few bucks.