Re: fungus grows best in the dark, doesn't like the sun, kids experment

[Guest guest]

Actually, thats not necessarily true.. it varies by strain..

[Guest guest]

actually, I think it is true, full sun dries mold, it doesn't kill it

and with rainy ,cloudy days it will grow again.a dish of food in a

zip lock bag placed in a window sill would be like a air tight home

setting in partical sun with a moisture and food sorce inside , yes

mold will grow but so would same house surrounded by shade and

darkness, and maybe even better. I have several different types of

toxic molds growing in 2 seperate houses, the mold has grown through

to the outside of the homes. several cloudy and rainy days and you

can see it growing on the outside, but when the sun and dry air gets

to it it dies back behind the surfuce and waits for the next rainy

cloudy day. mold grows good in timber because of shade and moisture,

but I've never seen mold growing out in the full

sun.

-- In , LiveSimply

<quackadillian@...> wrote:

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> Actually, thats not necessarily true.. it varies by strain..

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[Guest guest]

Of course, (full sunlight killing mold with UV) - should have qualified that

by saying that some strains of mold do fine in total darkness, and some

prefer some (dim) light. I read recently that stachy likes a little bit of

light but it can and does do okay without any at all.. and can sporulate in

that situation.

Fungi aren't plants in the sense that they don't have chlorophyl.. I'm

pretty sure.. so light is probably not crucial for that reason, mainly..

Why don't you get rid of the mold on your houses, since you do own them,

that sounds like a luxury many of us often don't have.

[Guest guest]

-nothing I would love better, but one is considered tottalled and was

when I bought it, only they covered it up long enough to get it sold,

and it looks like the other one may be too. I spent 8 years being

exposed to stachy in it and never seen it,thanks to a roofing company

that couldn't do their job right. it has only shown on the outside

the last few years. I lost my job because of my illness and lived off

my saveings while my doctor misdignosed me. my only chance is a law

suit and several of us know that these can drag out

forever.

-- In , LiveSimply

<quackadillian@...> wrote:

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> Of course, (full sunlight killing mold with UV) - should have

qualified that

> by saying that some strains of mold do fine in total darkness, and

some

> prefer some (dim) light. I read recently that stachy likes a little

bit of

> light but it can and does do okay without any at all.. and can

sporulate in

> that situation.

>

> Fungi aren't plants in the sense that they don't have chlorophyl..

I'm

> pretty sure.. so light is probably not crucial for that reason,

mainly..

>

> Why don't you get rid of the mold on your houses, since you do own

them,

> that sounds like a luxury many of us often don't have.

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>

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[Guest guest]

What interests me is the plastic bag. Is it used to protect person

from mold, or is the oxygen depleted environment of food what helps

the mold to grow, showing how effective oxygen is at killing mold.

Could part of indoor mold problem be due to low oxygen conditions

inside then? Old leakier house had more oxygen than air tight

houses/like zip locked bags???

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> actually, I think it is true, full sun dries mold, it doesn't kill

it

> and with rainy ,cloudy days it will grow again.a dish of food in a

> zip