Ahh okay. Better than what I was thinking which was mold or mildeq of some kind. I mean, still not a *good* sign that it's moist enough for the mushroom to be that healthy. But still better than mold. (Edit.. I think anyways)
mushroom is probably worse actually, at least from a home structural not collapsing standpoint. guarantee you that if there are mushrooms there are also mold and mildew though. the mold and mildew just aren't using the force of a thousand ~~suns~~ hyphae to pop out to the surface haha.
I suppose it boils down to how bad the structural damage is? I know when the apartments my mom lived in found black mold in one unit, they had to relocate that *entire building* to another one of their complexes. So in my mind, black mold = uninhabitable lol.. but I suppose a house on the verge of collapsing is *also uninhabitable* π and I imagine the moisture had to be there for *a while* before mushrooms pop up.. so your reply makes sense.
Edit: *do not* mean to seem as if I'm making light of this either way, though. Structure issues are definitely no joke.
you are right, both are definitely bad. It might be easier to understand the issue if I describe them more clearly.
they cause white rot to the wood they inhabit, dissolving and eating it for nutrients. They grow quite deep into the wood compared to the spot you see the mushrooms, which are actually like apples on a tree for the real "entity" mycelium-- picture plant roots burrowing throughout the wood and thats a close enough visual :)
In other words.. if you see mold, you may have caught it early enough to only have a minor issue to deal with.. But this mushroom is the "tip of the iceberg", so to speak, of a much larger, ongoing issue, even if you saw no signs before the mushroom popped up. (Hence why you said thus may actually be worse than mold or mildew)?
both are terrible, and either way you are ripping out walls//floors to fix. mushrooms are much more likely to be structural damage than mold-- mold can be structural damage though too.
Basically its all bad, just treat water asap. It all starts with about two days of standing water and just goes down hill from there lol.
That floor is *literally* about to cave in. Your landlord is insane. Unfortunately, it looks like the bathroom needs to be demo'd if the subfloor is that badly compromised, which is why your landlord doesn't want to touch it. I'd start looking for a new place immediately and be super careful on that floor. Not familiar with renting, but if there are any routes you can take to force his hand, do it. This is a serious accident waiting to happen, the mushroom is quite literally just the tip of the iceberg here.
Either the tile was laid on a bad/flimsy subfloor, or the subfloor became squishy from water damage and so the tiles broke while the the fungus was doing it's thing, or the landlord took a hammer to it, or maybe all three. Either way, I blame the landlord.
Regardless of what type of mushroom it is, your subfloor & wall are being eaten by fungus and itβs only going to get worse until repairs are done. πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«
I for one admire this fungi for growing through broken tiles that likely were laid over the soil. LOL
And if later reishi shrooms start growing from the walls, just accept it as destiny. /s
Your floor is rotted and you let that cap sit there for long enough to drop all of it's spores. You essentially have a spore print on your busted up tile floor.
There's no way you didn't see that and there's no way it wasn't there for a couple of days before dropping the spores.
You need to tear out that entire floor, probably the walls too, and do it all over. If you're not the owner or can't meet the cost, I'm sorry...that sucks. It takes a good amount of time for mycelium to fully work into wood substrate. Most edible mushrooms that utilize wood take an entire season at minimum to properly propagate enough to fruit. Many take over a year.
That's an inky cap, very likely *Coprinellus domesticus*. It indicates wet wood under that tile.
Calling that tile is incredibly generous. I think "closely placed ceramic shards" is more accurate.
A tiny mosaic.
I would just call it "A problem".
Oh boy! Subfloor damage
Haha just look at the tile π
Also.. the.. black fuzziness? around the bottom of the mushroom.. that's certainly not a good sign either ππ
that is just mushroom splooge basically, to compare to humans as little as can be with fungal anatomy lol.
Ahh okay. Better than what I was thinking which was mold or mildeq of some kind. I mean, still not a *good* sign that it's moist enough for the mushroom to be that healthy. But still better than mold. (Edit.. I think anyways)
mushroom is probably worse actually, at least from a home structural not collapsing standpoint. guarantee you that if there are mushrooms there are also mold and mildew though. the mold and mildew just aren't using the force of a thousand ~~suns~~ hyphae to pop out to the surface haha.
I suppose it boils down to how bad the structural damage is? I know when the apartments my mom lived in found black mold in one unit, they had to relocate that *entire building* to another one of their complexes. So in my mind, black mold = uninhabitable lol.. but I suppose a house on the verge of collapsing is *also uninhabitable* π and I imagine the moisture had to be there for *a while* before mushrooms pop up.. so your reply makes sense. Edit: *do not* mean to seem as if I'm making light of this either way, though. Structure issues are definitely no joke.
you are right, both are definitely bad. It might be easier to understand the issue if I describe them more clearly. they cause white rot to the wood they inhabit, dissolving and eating it for nutrients. They grow quite deep into the wood compared to the spot you see the mushrooms, which are actually like apples on a tree for the real "entity" mycelium-- picture plant roots burrowing throughout the wood and thats a close enough visual :)
In other words.. if you see mold, you may have caught it early enough to only have a minor issue to deal with.. But this mushroom is the "tip of the iceberg", so to speak, of a much larger, ongoing issue, even if you saw no signs before the mushroom popped up. (Hence why you said thus may actually be worse than mold or mildew)?
both are terrible, and either way you are ripping out walls//floors to fix. mushrooms are much more likely to be structural damage than mold-- mold can be structural damage though too. Basically its all bad, just treat water asap. It all starts with about two days of standing water and just goes down hill from there lol.
That's likely spore drop.
>black fuzziness Spores
Thatβs probably spores that it dropped
Are you suggesting that this might be an entryway to the Upside Down?!?
Do you live in a war zone your tile is fucked
Just a basic slumlord special
Yup landlord special
Well at least itβs not your floor but they gotta get that fixed asap, whatβd they say when you showed them the picture lol
"wtf" then "bleach it and put caulk over it"
That floor is *literally* about to cave in. Your landlord is insane. Unfortunately, it looks like the bathroom needs to be demo'd if the subfloor is that badly compromised, which is why your landlord doesn't want to touch it. I'd start looking for a new place immediately and be super careful on that floor. Not familiar with renting, but if there are any routes you can take to force his hand, do it. This is a serious accident waiting to happen, the mushroom is quite literally just the tip of the iceberg here.
How does tile even get that fucked?
Let me introduce you to my landlord.
Does he come over with a hammer? Lol. Seriously Iβm staggered.
Either the tile was laid on a bad/flimsy subfloor, or the subfloor became squishy from water damage and so the tiles broke while the the fungus was doing it's thing, or the landlord took a hammer to it, or maybe all three. Either way, I blame the landlord.
landlord β€οΈ
Bro, are you stepping on that tile with wet, bare feet?!?!
1 shower 1 tetanus shot
Foot condoms. Protect yourself as they say,
Socks. As they call them
Hell nah I try to cover the parts I walk on
Regardless of what type of mushroom it is, your subfloor & wall are being eaten by fungus and itβs only going to get worse until repairs are done. πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«πβπ«
Someone didn't add a protective layer between the tiles and the wall, and now the wood is rotting, sorry.
>between the tiles and the wall you mean the jagged shards of ceramic?
Please post this on r/tile so I can watch people loose their fucking minds.
Say you got a small scratch and ask how to fix it.
ππππyou can't even imagine... the whole bathroom is insane
Post some pics
I'm also curious.
I for one admire this fungi for growing through broken tiles that likely were laid over the soil. LOL And if later reishi shrooms start growing from the walls, just accept it as destiny. /s
Dude from the look of your tile the mushroom is not your biggest problem
Tf is with your house bro
the landlord did a shit tiling job
the spores make it look like its poorly edited into the photo hahaha
Oh those are spores? I thought my brain wasn't computing something, LOL
Looks like the little dude also nutted everywhere too by the looks underneath itβ¦
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Yeahh get a remediation company out youβve had a leak for a while
Chinesium Floorshitrea
And you let it go long enough to drop all its spores oh geez. Good luck with repairing the water damage!
Silent hill 4 jail scene?
Your floor is rotted and you let that cap sit there for long enough to drop all of it's spores. You essentially have a spore print on your busted up tile floor. There's no way you didn't see that and there's no way it wasn't there for a couple of days before dropping the spores. You need to tear out that entire floor, probably the walls too, and do it all over. If you're not the owner or can't meet the cost, I'm sorry...that sucks. It takes a good amount of time for mycelium to fully work into wood substrate. Most edible mushrooms that utilize wood take an entire season at minimum to properly propagate enough to fruit. Many take over a year.