In article <sjacobs.270.001432AC at maroon.tc.umn.edu>, sjacobs at maroon.tc.umn.edu (Steve Jacobson) writes:
>>Could anyone out there help me. If this is the wrong newsgroup, I apoligize.
>>My cousin has a strange mold/organism growing throughout her house (on the
>end of Long Island, NY). It started with a leak in a gutter that eventually
Your cousin could bring a sample to the microbiologists at the
State University of N.Y. at Stony Brook - probably the closest
facility to the end of Long Island with the expertise to I.D. it.
Or, perhaps approach some home builders/developers, or large
home improvement centers - I'm sure those guys have seen this type
of problem before and must have some method of treating it. When
we were looking for a house, a realtor showed us one that had
dampness problems and had mold growing on every inch of wall space
in the house - she said the builder was giving a good discount
on it (I told her unless it was for free I wouldn't tackle that
kind of headache).
>The mold starts out with a pinkish color with a round shape (like little
>droplets). The shape then will change to become irregular. The mold then
>starts to grow and get darker (orange or brown). It takes on all kinds of
There is
>also a version of this mold that is gray or black.
The different colored versions may simply be different molds?
>Steve Jacobson
Good luck.
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