Fusarium caught in mold plates

[Guest guest]

I have a chance to rent a condo from a friend who is not asking for a

lease, I can just stay until house is cleaned up or I find another

place, reasonable rent. I did mold plate in every room with blower

turned on to get anything that may be in ductwork or a/c. I got

Fusarium in most dishes. I can't send it away to have 'amount' of

Fusarium counted so may have just been one spore for all I know. It

grows rapidly so overtakes the plate quickly. Otherwise only a few

mold spores in each plate so test good otherwise. Would 'you' move

into a place where you caught Fusarium in plate? I'm scared but not

finding any place else that I feel comfortable enough to sign a lease

and I'm paying 44 a day at hotel which runs 1300 a month! She's

asking just 450 for nice large place. Any thoughts??? Extra afraid

of Fusarium because not only is it toxic but it is also infectious to

immune compromised person which I definately am and agreed upon with

doctors. However is there 'some' Fusarium EVERYWHERE so that I am

passing up a good deal with no definate proof of a health threat???

What do you think?

[Guest guest]

-personally, I think fusarium is a mycotoxin machine and chances of

it not produceing mycotoxins is pretty slim. are you in a area with a

lot of corn fields around? just wondering because fusarium is one of

the main molds that grow in corn. if so, you may have a hard time

finding a place thats fusarium free. if she would let you stay there

a few days first you ight get a idea if it well bother you or not.?--

In , " barb1283 " <barb1283@...> wrote:

>

> I have a chance to rent a condo from a friend who is not asking for

a

> lease, I can just stay until house is cleaned up or I find another

> place, reasonable rent. I did mold plate in every room with blower

> turned on to get anything that may be in ductwork or a/c. I got

> Fusarium in most dishes. I can't send it away to have 'amount' of

> Fusarium counted so may have just been one spore for all I know.

It

> grows rapidly so overtakes the plate quickly. Otherwise only a few

> mold spores in each plate so test good otherwise. Would 'you' move

> into a place where you caught Fusarium in plate? I'm scared but

not

> finding any place else that I feel comfortable enough to sign a

lease

> and I'm paying 44 a day at hotel which runs 1300 a month! She's

> asking just 450 for nice large place. Any thoughts??? Extra

afraid

> of Fusarium because not only is it toxic but it is also infectious

to

> immune compromised person which I definately am and agreed upon

with

> doctors. However is there 'some' Fusarium EVERYWHERE so that I am

> passing up a good deal with no definate proof of a health

threat???

> What do you think?

>

[Guest guest]

Re: location of condo with fusarium caught in

culture plate.

Jeanine, no not near corn field, one block from

Ohio River front area in downtown Cincinnati,

prime property, beautiful but Ohio River valley

is notoriously moldy area. I also work at

riverfront but for some reason my office building

tests very clean for mold. I've done tests 4

times because I was disbelieving the results. I

finally caught ONE spore. I did six plates in

condo with blower on and got fusarium growing in

three of them, two very vigorously. I'm more

afraid of Fusarium than stachy since there is no

known antifungal that works on it and can be very

infectious as well as toxic. I guess I'm

answering my own question.

Do you think I should mention to my friend's

friend who owns condo?

[Guest guest]

-chances are that she's not going to want to hear it. but if you know

her and she seams like the careing type,?? I don't know, you know I'm

so sick of getting that look, weather its from doctors or who ever, I

just don't say much any more. I almost bit my tounge off today, so

I'm just kind of bummed out. it's like your damned if you do and

damned if you don't.-- In , bbw

<barb1283@...> wrote:

>

> Re: location of condo with fusarium caught in

> culture plate.

> Jeanine, no not near corn field, one block from

> Ohio River front area in downtown Cincinnati,

> prime property, beautiful but Ohio River valley

> is notoriously moldy area. I also work at

> riverfront but for some reason my office building

> tests very clean for mold. I've done tests 4

> times because I was disbelieving the results. I

> finally caught ONE spore. I did six plates in

> condo with blower on and got fusarium growing in

> three of them, two very vigorously. I'm more

> afraid of Fusarium than stachy since there is no

> known antifungal that works on it and can be very

> infectious as well as toxic. I guess I'm

> answering my own question.

> Do you think I should mention to my friend's

> friend who owns condo?

>

[Guest guest]

Are you analyzing the plates yourself?

Fusarium is the crescent/banana shaped spore, right?

[Guest guest]

I don't look at fungus under microscope. I catch

them in mold plate. I put description into

Google. It looks like someone pulled some cotton

off a cotton ball and stuck in it plate, very

distinctive looking and does not look like

typical mold, not the round disk shaped growing

things. It came back fusarium. Then I searched

through Google images under fusarium and it

looked like what I had. Then the description of

it's behavior in dish was the same as description

of Fusarium's habits. It overgrew everything

else in dish very quickly. In a couple of days

whole plate was covered with the cottony stuff.

Other mold spores were underneath it but not

growing anymore, like couldn't because fusarium

took over the territory too fast. I just don't

know how many 'spores' I caught due to it's

unusual habit and not round growth pattern.

[Guest guest]

You are trying to identify mold in petri dishes with your naked eye!?

[Guest guest]

No, I wasn't actually. I just use the plates to get a 'count', except

I got something in plate that was very fast growing and took over

plate right away. I wondered what that was. I know there are sooo

many molds and species that it is very unlikely I would find out what

it was but still did a search under terms that I thought described

both it's appearance and activity and kept coming up with Fusarium. I

eventually sent it to a microbiologist who said it could be but it

could also be many other molds, including the ubiquitous mushroom

mold, so...no telling what it was. I could have sent it in for

analysis but it is of an apartment I had to make decision on in a few

days and analysis of plates that a couple of months, so I threw it out

but for a while I thought it was Fusarium, but mushroom mold sounds

more likely given the high amounts we have of it in air here.

Hey...that's what my doctors do regarding a sore throat I have had for

3 years. They just look in my throat with their eyes and say it looks

okay to them, so if it is good enough for them, it's good enough for

me. I can be that unscientific and be in good company, and LOTS of

company.

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

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> You are trying to identify mold in petri dishes with your naked eye!?

>

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