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Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold?
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I've got a cake that's finally starting to fruit. Unfortunately though, right as it started to develop pins it also started developing a patch of green mold. Does anyone genuinely know about the health risks of eating mushrooms off of this cake? How about if the mycelium kills off the green mold, is it still risky or should I not even worry?

Could I do an extraction with grain alcohol on the dried out mushrooms, would it effectively kill off anything that would normally be dangerous and still leave me with the goodies I desire? Thanks for your help.


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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: adoseofparn0z]
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No, do not eat, the potential of getting really sick is not worth it, research this on the site and you will realize you could be endangering your health

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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: johnhenry] * 2
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This has been posted and answered dozens of times. There is absolutely NOTHING toxic to humans in green molds. Don't sniff the spores as if they were a line of coke, but eating mushrooms from a cake or casing with green mold is totally harmless. Enjoy your harvest.
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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: RogerRabbit]
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I honestly do not know the right answer here. But as a rule of thumb better safe than sorry .

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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: eazygrowin]
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better safe than sorry is a good way to go about it. but honestly i have eaten cubes from casings with green on them. didnt hurt me a bit. stay away from any mushrooms that have the mold actually growing on them


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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: johnhenry]
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Dont eat them if there is any mold on the cake. It's an risk thats not worth taking, you could get sick.


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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: ShroomOmatic] * 3
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"well, once your cake or casing has mold in it, so do the mushies, so yes, you are eating mold. The mushies are made up of and grow on the mycelium network. That network carries nutes to the mushies, it also carries the contam to the mushies. So if there is mold on your casing, it is also in the mushi."

My friend, that is totally false and goes against everything we've learned about how mycelium works. Mushrooms are not like plants where the mycelium is the root. It simply doesn't work that way. The mycelium metabolizes the food it 'eats'. When you go to paul stamets seminars he covers this myth in depth. He has used mycelium to clean up diesel oil spills and other toxic waste dumps and the mushrooms are completely edible and free of all toxins from the soil as established by rigorous testing with gas chromatography.

For those of you who are afraid of moldy cakes, be sure to never eat cheese, because cheese can not be made without mold. Very thick layers of mold are cut off the blocks of cheese to give them eye-appeal for the market. The cheese is safe, believe me. You've all eaten cheese all your lives.

Now, that being said, I immediately throw away any contaminated substrate as soon as I see it. The danger is in polluting my growing environment with the released spores that will contaminate future projects. However, any mushrooms on the substrate are 100% safe to eat. That is a fact. We seriously need less disinformation and fear mongering. If anyone can produce evidence from one of the established university mycological programs such as Penn State, or anything Stamets has written on the subject I will gladly eat my words. I have done serious research into this. Green molds are common in commercial mushroom operations, so if you eat store bought edible mushrooms, you are very often eating mushrooms from substrates with molds. There is not mold in the fruitbody. They are 100% safe.
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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: RogerRabbit]
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Does this apply to all molds? I like what im hearing!  :thumbup:

But I recall reading a thread about someone getting sick and losing hair or something from contaminated substrate :confused:

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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: Arp]
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Many, if not most molds are dangerous to breathe the spores. All molds are dangerous to your crop, so not to be messed with. I recommend tossing out any cake or casing as soon as molds are discovered. Brown molds are especially toxic.

The question was concerning green molds however, and the safety of eating a mushroom from a substrate or casing that has a green mold on it. There are no known green molds that are toxic to humans. That is a fact. Toxic or not however, I wouldn't eat the green mold itself, and certainly wouldn't eat the cake or other substrate. The mushroom itself however will be perfectly safe.
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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: RogerRabbit]
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Although i agree with you in almost everything, there are some things i would like to comment.
Aflatoxins are the most generalized mycotoxins, they are not deadly per se, but they are known to increase chances of cancer in the long run. In the short run, there's the possibility to get aflatoxicosis, but i believe it would be needed great amounts of aflatoxins. Mycelium does metabolize this aflatoxins, but depending on the type of mold, extension of the contamination, strength of mycelium and other factors, some aflatoxins might be carried to the fruitbodies. That's why you have to ponder all the variables and decide to consume or not.
Regarding the cheese, those are beneficial molds, nothing like Aspergillus, Cladosporium or Fusarium.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/factsheets/Molds_On_Food/index.asp

In this particular case, i would break the mycelium and inspect the inside. If this is a recent and small infection settled after full mycelar colonization, and there is no evidence of inner infection, then i would keep the mushrooms. Otherwise, play it safe.

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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: MAIA]
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Aflatoxins are not a byproduct of mushroom cultivation. If the question were phrased, "is it ok to eat raw animal feed with mold, or is it ok to eat unprocessed peanut butter with molds" the answer would be different. Eating a mushroom from a cake or casing with penicillium, aspergillis, or trichoderma is however, safe. Green molds are very common in the commercial mushroom industry, and I can assure you from first hand knowledge, they do not toss out mushrooms that are harvested from a cased substrate when green molds are present, nor does the FDA even suggest they do so in federally inspected mushroom farms. I'm just trying to end a very long held bit of disinformation that circulates around the OMC. Green molds are toxic to your mushroom mycelium, but not to people unless they chop up a line and snort the spores directly, in which case they may have a histamine type reaction if they're allergic. Toss out cakes or casings as soon as you discover green. You will be far ahead by doing so. Just feel free to eat any mushrooms you harvest. Toxins (other than heavy metals) are not passed from the myclium to the fruitbody. That is a well established fact.
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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: RogerRabbit]
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Also, I might add to be cautious of thinking green molds and bacteria are the same thing. Never eat a mushroom that is contaminated with bacterial blotch or other bacterial diseases. You'll get food poisoning.
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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: RogerRabbit]
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i had a cake w/ green mold. i cut off the infected area and from that crater grew the best shroom out of the batch. i had another cake with the same mold and cutting it off only made it worse. just be careful.


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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: iateshaggy]
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Diver told me it was safe. Just don't eat contamed shrooms.


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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: Kalix]
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Kalix said:
Diver told me it was safe. Just don't eat contamed shrooms.



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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: RogerRabbit]
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RogerRabbit said:
quote:
"well, once your cake or casing has mold in it, so do the mushies, so yes, you are eating mold. The mushies are made up of and grow on the mycelium network. That network carries nutes to the mushies, it also carries the contam to the mushies. So if there is mold on your casing, it is also in the mushi."

My friend, that is totally false and goes against everything we've learned about how mycelium works. Mushrooms are not like plants where the mycelium is the root.  It simply doesn't work that way. The mycelium metabolizes the food it 'eats'. When you go to paul stamets seminars he covers this myth in depth.  He has used mycelium to clean up diesel oil spills and other toxic waste dumps and the mushrooms are completely edible and free of all toxins from the soil as established by rigorous testing with gas chromatography.

For those of you who are afraid of moldy cakes, be sure to never eat cheese, because cheese can not be made without mold.  Very thick layers of mold are cut off the blocks of cheese to give them eye-appeal for the market.  The cheese is safe, believe me. You've all eaten cheese all your lives.

Now, that being said, I immediately throw away any contaminated substrate as soon as I see it.  The danger is in polluting my growing environment with the released spores that will contaminate future projects.  However, any mushrooms on the substrate are 100% safe to eat.  That is a fact.  We seriously need less disinformation and fear mongering.  If anyone can produce evidence from one of the established university mycological programs such as Penn State, or anything Stamets has written on the subject I will gladly eat my words.  I have done serious research into this.  Green molds are common in commercial mushroom operations, so if you eat store bought edible mushrooms, you are very often eating mushrooms from substrates with molds. There is not mold in the fruitbody.  They are 100% safe.

RR



ive been looking for an answer like this, TY RR! had a tiny bit of mold on my cake before i put it into my choir verm mix and got a little nervous. but now i have hopes itll be all good


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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: teamjinx] * 1
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teamjinx said:
RogerRabbit said:
quote:
"well, once your cake or casing has mold in it, so do the mushies, so yes, you are eating mold. The mushies are made up of and grow on the mycelium network. That network carries nutes to the mushies, it also carries the contam to the mushies. So if there is mold on your casing, it is also in the mushi."

My friend, that is totally false and goes against everything we've learned about how mycelium works. Mushrooms are not like plants where the mycelium is the root.  It simply doesn't work that way. The mycelium metabolizes the food it 'eats'. When you go to paul stamets seminars he covers this myth in depth.  He has used mycelium to clean up diesel oil spills and other toxic waste dumps and the mushrooms are completely edible and free of all toxins from the soil as established by rigorous testing with gas chromatography.

For those of you who are afraid of moldy cakes, be sure to never eat cheese, because cheese can not be made without mold.  Very thick layers of mold are cut off the blocks of cheese to give them eye-appeal for the market.  The cheese is safe, believe me. You've all eaten cheese all your lives.

Now, that being said, I immediately throw away any contaminated substrate as soon as I see it.  The danger is in polluting my growing environment with the released spores that will contaminate future projects.  However, any mushrooms on the substrate are 100% safe to eat.  That is a fact.  We seriously need less disinformation and fear mongering.  If anyone can produce evidence from one of the established university mycological programs such as Penn State, or anything Stamets has written on the subject I will gladly eat my words.  I have done serious research into this.  Green molds are common in commercial mushroom operations, so if you eat store bought edible mushrooms, you are very often eating mushrooms from substrates with molds. There is not mold in the fruitbody.  They are 100% safe.

RR



ive been looking for an answer like this, TY RR! had a tiny bit of mold on my cake before i put it into my choir verm mix and got a little nervous. but now i have hopes itll be all good


I second that. Thanks for being rad people.


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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: Arp] * 1
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What a wonderful educated answer! Thank you, RR!

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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: Curious Monk]
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Curious Monk said:
What a wonderful educated answer! Thank you, RR!


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Re: Safe to eat mushrooms off of a cake with green mold? [Re: Arp]
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"I recall reading a thread about someone getting sick and losing hair or something from contaminated substrate."

LMAO, WTF? lol...:laugh:


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