Any idea what this is? Fungus?

Custom45 · 4 May 2021

Got a leak in some flats, from the shower waste in upstairs flat. This photo was taken in hot water cylinder cupboard in downstairs flat when leak is running to.

What's the brown stuff? Some sort of fungus? It was soft, damp and easily removed.

Dangee · 4 May 2021

Yeah, seen that before. Must have been leaking a while.

Mottie · 4 May 2021

You could probably fry that up for breakfast. Don’t forget to add it to my world beating breakfast thread.

conny · 4 May 2021

After repairing the leak and drying thoroughly all affected areas you need to sanitise where the water has tracked with a bleach solution.
If you don't sterilise it the fungus spores will continue to grow at the slightest sign of damp.

Munroast · 4 May 2021

Looks a bit like Wood Ear
https://www.google.com/search?q=woo...enGB566GB567&safe=strict#imgrc=BfOvfq_CjZqJ1M

some of the images have it as a food - don't fancy any myself.

StephenStephen · 4 May 2021

I tried it once... hmmm, definitely in the 'you can eat it but why would you?' category

securespark · 4 May 2021

What I had once many decades ago was Chicken o' the Wood. It was a scary bright yellow fungus, but fried with butter it was absolutely delicious, very dense and meaty in texture.

Munroast · 4 May 2021

StephenStephen said:
I tried it once... hmmm, definitely in the 'you can eat it but why would you?' category

It is described in Wikipedia as "It has been likened to "eating an Indian rubber with bones in it"

crystal ball · 4 May 2021

Worst case of athletes foot I have seen

JP_ · 4 May 2021

bleach the **** out of it.

Munroast · 5 May 2021

No - you need to remove the cause, if it is 'wood ear' then it is very likely growing out of very wet wood, if the dampness can not be stopped (such as in a cellar) then either the wood needs to be removed or replaced with something more suitable.

Any idea what this is? Fungus?

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