AHI in AR Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 I had an inspection last week on a vacant, bank owned property. The sellers had thoughtfully thrown some items into all of the toilets to entertain me. When I opened the lid on one of them, it almost looked like the wig from a doll sitting in the bowl. Very fine strands of extremely glossy, black thread-like material crisscrossed over the underlying material. In looking more closely at it, I realized it had grown there, possibly some sort of fungus. The second photo shows the round shapes present at the ends of each strand. While I didn't get real close and breathe deeply, there was not a really strong smell. So..... Does anyone know what it is? I couldn't find anything that was any help when I Google'd it. Click to Enlarge 48.44 KB Click to Enlarge 48.68 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 Not a clue, but it sure is gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 I see that stuff pretty often in crawlspaces, growing out of piles of animal poop. It's some kind of fungus. I don't know the official name, but I call it black thready poop fungus. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 I call it black thready poop fungus. - Jim Katen, Oregon That makes it even groser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted May 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 I see that stuff pretty often in crawlspaces, growing out of piles of animal poop. It's some kind of fungus. I don't know the official name, but I call it black thready poop fungus. - Jim Katen, Oregon Yeah, I've seen it there on occasion too. I just haven't ever seen it inside. Getting a decent pic of it in a crawlspace was that much more challenging. I also wonder what the white, spiky growth found on dead insects in the crawlspace is. That's oddly interesting also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Don't know what it is, but thanks for sharing. [] It could be related to crawlspace hair fungus alright. Should we care? [] I found some of that a few weeks ago. The picture is not great, but that's as close as I was going to get. [] Click to Enlarge 27.21 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted May 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Don't know what it is, but thanks for sharing. [] It could be related to crawlspace hair fungus alright. Should we care? [] I found some of that a few weeks ago. The picture is not great, but that's as close as I was going to get. [] Click to Enlarge 27.21 KB That photo looks like Don King's hair... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghentjr Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Google Raccoons, it appears to be the fungus that grows on their feces. It is harmful and usually found in the attic on the drying turds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 "Raccoon poop fungus is harmful" - now that is something I never would have thought I'd read about when I awoke this morning. If I used tweeter that would be my 1st tweet. I think I'll post it on facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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