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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) There should be a section on the three divisions of mold -- summary of the differences in terms of taxonomy, reproduction, etc. Then the specific information (applications and environments) should be moved to the proper division's article. This should be a page for broad statements about mold and the division's articles should be for the specifics. A brief section on common/famous molds containing redirects to the famous mold's article could also come in handy(example penicillin). 199.74.90.145 18:35, 21 May 2007 (UTC) |
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[edit] What Mold is and is not about
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This page, Mold, is a general article about mold. As such, the main goal is to answer the question "what is mold?", i.e. the biology of mold. Issues relating to humans are also discussed, but are kept to short summaries. Human related mold issues are discussed in detail in other articles, e.g. Mold health issues and Mold growth, assessment, and remediation. |
[edit] Mold and Human Health (allergies, toxic mold)
Issues regarding Toxic mold, human health are now discussed in Mold health issues. For this reason I moved the EPA and NPIC links to Mold health issues. I also moved health discussion items to Talk:Mold health issues. Repliedthemockturtle 20:17, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mold removal, killing mold
For issues regarding killing of mold, ec, refer to Mold growth, assessment, and remediation. For discussion of these issues go to Talk:Mold growth, assessment, and remediation. Repliedthemockturtle 20:17, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mold in games
Think back like 10 years ago..please, the name of this game has been haunting me for years! I remember playing it on the Mac but it could have been on the PC too. You could name and choose 4 different characters from a selection of different palettes(man, woman, and I think there were animals too). You were stuck in this dungeon, where you found many things lying around like weapons such as a morning star, throwing knives, swords, potions, spell scrolls. You could even pick up MOLD and eat it to restore your health. You could click on an 'eye' to rest your characters too. Yet there were giant ants, spiders, and plants that would attack you not only as you moved but if you were just waiting in an area. There were also locked doors, a large map, and many other things you could search and throw in your inventory. The game was a DEMO that let you buy the full version too. PLEASE HELP! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeydo (talk • contribs) 21:53, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Questions
° So, I've always been curious: I know mold probably just doesn't spontaniously come into existence, so how does it suddenly appear and grow, especially in a closed environment like a refrigerator? Are there microscopic spores (fairly ubiquitously) in the air which attach to damp surfaces and begin to grow, or something like that? I was expecting a little background (or at least a link to something) about a "life cycle", but it was only hinted at / implied. I hope someone who knows could put a fuller description.
In reply to above. Yes you are correct, there are masses of fungal spores in the air and you will inhale them frequently.
° I think that there should be more information of the different types of mold, organizing them by appearance (photos, descriptions of colour, what it usually grows on, etc.) and discussing their possible effects on people who are exposed to it. For example something like: "Purple mold which grows on rice can cause difficulty breathing, here is a picture of what it looks like." Surely there is someone out there who knows all about mold ...?
How about mentioning Rye mold, ("Ergot"?), famous as the natural source of LSD? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.175.128.1 (talk) 17:43, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
You mention that mold is used in the production of sausages. Yet the sausage article states that it is a bacteria Lactobacillus that gives sausage its flavor, and does not mention mold at all. Can you resolve this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jania100 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
- I thought this might have been a mistake, but mold can indeed be used in sausage making — I added a citation to the article. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 15:48, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] History of mold.
i think that the history of mold should be in this topic.everyone knows what it is and what it does,but no one knows how it came to be. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.82.157.80 (talk) 01:12, 1 February 2007 (UTC).
that would explain more about mold--- it is a good idea
what do you mean by history? do you mean the evolution of mold? Repliedthemockturtle 20:17, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mold Divisions ???
At the top of the page it lists three different types of mold ("Molds do not form a specific taxonomic or phylogenetic grouping, but can be found in the divisions Zygomycota, Deuteromycota and Ascomycota."). Is there a way to summarize the differences?
Maddog4 19:29, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Spam
Someone's spamming this page.
189.192.127.140 (talk) 05:07, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
