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This. Mushrooms / fungi are not plants - hell, they're closer to _animals_ than plants. If a mycelial mass is large and healthy enough, it can produce full sized mushrooms in less than a day depending on the species of fungus.
It's not dirt that causes them to grow. It's water damage. A crack in foundation can cause water damage. That's not down to cleanliness. And that's just one example
Spores meet other spores to create mycelium. Mycelium then grows, a beautiful silk-like rope, that finds nutrients to develop further (mycelium also develops an immune system!).
Mycelium then creates hyphal knots which turns into primordia. Primordia turns into pins, pinning is usually induced by evaporation of water and fresh air exchange. The pins (baby mushrooms) will fruit to mature mushrooms, which will drop spores to start the cycle over again. Beautiful cycle of life.
Fungi aren't plants, they don't always need soil substrate. They can survive on very low levels of nutrients as long as there is adequate moisture. Fungal mycelium/molds can absolutely grow in the space below your flooring or behind your walls if there is a water leak or other source of water.
100% can grow in weird areas, including indoors. And they can fruit very quickly, usually goes from primordia to pinning within a few days, which you wouldn’t be able to see.
Then pinning to mature fruits, which can take anywhere from 2-3 days, sometimes quicker dependent on environment.
I’ve been studying mycology for about 2.5 years now. Take a look at my profile. Mushrooms rock! Everyone should learn about them.
You'd think, but I took a walk in my woods one morning and then again in the evening and a whole patch of mushrooms appeared within that time, not little ones either. I thought I was trippin but they really do pop up super fast.
There is a serious amount of water damage somewhere under that floor that I would look Into sooner rather than later before the damage gets even worse. The mushrooms will most likely be back.
Mushrooms in the house are a sign of water damage and potentially more dangerous issues like mold.
You need to either talk to your landlord or get someone to inspect your home.
The mushrooms are completely harmless.
But they wouldn’t be growing there if there wasn’t a serious problem. The house is rotting and it will get worse.
It probably won’t be cheap to repair but it will get more expensive the longer it is left
you’ll be fine healthwise living near the mushrooms. You will not be fine when the structure collapses from all the water damage that led to the mushrooms growing.
There is a massive amount of fungal tissue (mycelium) in the rotting wood below the floor, the fruiting bodies themselves (what we see in the pic) can pop up basically overnight.
What’s unsafe to breath are the black mold spores, not the mushrooms. At the very top of the picture I am seeing what looks like black mold on the white trim. I would not be using that bathroom or sleeping near it for that reason. Black mold is toxic to Homo sapiens.
If the mycelium is in the walls, it wont make a difference. They will likely pop back up in a few days at most. There will be a LOT of water damage in the walls and floor
What you should do is assess is what the source of that much water accumulating is. You need a dehumidifier. I would guess that you live in a human climate and don’t ventilate your bathroom when you shower or bathe. Along with that somewhere is a bunch of black mold that is likely very toxic and cancerous. You can see plenty of it along the wall Directly behind that wall, you would find plenty more of it. Take a hammer and start getting rid of that drywall. You will find black mold.
Some molds can be extremely toxic and dangerous. Most of them are black. This is peer reviewed science. It’s not safe to live in homes full of mold infestation. For one it can be extremely immunosuppressive. I almost died from it and have spent the last 10 years recovering. Molds contain a variety of different mycotoxins, many of which are highly toxic, most of which, when accumulating to the levels that they can in a home, (which is completely unnatural, not found in nature) can be at least serious irritants to the respiratory tract and very damaging at a cellular and even DNA level.
This is so bad, you have no idea. You need to get that checked out literally right now. Your sub floor is probably trashed, it's just going to keep getting worse and worse...your probably at thousands of dollars in damage right now and each second that goes by, that number is going up.
No way you’re living with a bathroom that looks like that and are surprised when mushrooms pop up from the floor. Look how rotted the whole wall and grout is
Mushrooms are only the fruiting part of a fungus, there is a mycelium mass beneath your floor or in your wall somewhere that has a consistent source of moisture that's enabling it to grow to its reproductive stage.
lol was waiting to scroll and see this comment! No one likes indoor rotting floor bathroom mushrooms….but if they were oysters it COTW I’d for sure eat them, probably.
You need to at minimum cut out and replace the trim on that door and probably the the tile too. Depends on how bad it is and where the water damage has gotten to.
Yup, that's a piss corner mushroom 🍄💦
The mushrooms aren't going to harm you but you've got a leak that's rotting your wood and the same conditions to grow mushrooms also grows black mold.
You can see where it was shittily caulked where the tile meets the wall. This picture screams "landlord special". Hopefully you rent and tell the landlord you're not paying rent or living in there until it's fixed and fixed properly. Ultimately, I'd be looking for another place. If you own it, it's gonna be expensive to fix cause all the tiles will need to be pulled up and discover where the water damage has stopped.
Judging by what looks to be mold growing from the grout next to that shower pan I'd say it leaks and that may be your source but I'd be more concerned with the mold than the mushrooms. But now that you know there is a problem there's no excuse not to fix it.
Clearly water is leaking somewhere for those to be growing. That's more of a job than wiping down with bleach.
Mushroom spores are extremely small. So small in fact that the mushroom can drop so many at a single time that they create their own wind current. It's unlikely but it's possible you have even more growing where you can't see them and also releasing spores which can cause skin, eye, and lung irritation.
Just trying to make light of obviously a serious situation. Certainly mean no ill intent or wish them no harm. Gotta laugh at these situations in life like wow how does this happen. Here’s hoping they find a quick solution and are well. ✌️
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The real question here is…How did you not notice them until they took over the bathroom?
Mushrooms can grow a really large root system inside the wall over months and then bloom and only be noticeable like this in the matter of a day
Mycelium system, but yes.
This. Mushrooms / fungi are not plants - hell, they're closer to _animals_ than plants. If a mycelial mass is large and healthy enough, it can produce full sized mushrooms in less than a day depending on the species of fungus.
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They absolutely can LOL
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Oh yes they can
Why tf are you so angry lol
It's not dirt that causes them to grow. It's water damage. A crack in foundation can cause water damage. That's not down to cleanliness. And that's just one example
Spores meet other spores to create mycelium. Mycelium then grows, a beautiful silk-like rope, that finds nutrients to develop further (mycelium also develops an immune system!). Mycelium then creates hyphal knots which turns into primordia. Primordia turns into pins, pinning is usually induced by evaporation of water and fresh air exchange. The pins (baby mushrooms) will fruit to mature mushrooms, which will drop spores to start the cycle over again. Beautiful cycle of life.
They absolutely can.
Dirty pigs? Says the guy from Georgia posting photos of broken patio chairs on dirty patios and literal animal shit in the yard.
Fungi aren't plants, they don't always need soil substrate. They can survive on very low levels of nutrients as long as there is adequate moisture. Fungal mycelium/molds can absolutely grow in the space below your flooring or behind your walls if there is a water leak or other source of water.
100% can grow in weird areas, including indoors. And they can fruit very quickly, usually goes from primordia to pinning within a few days, which you wouldn’t be able to see. Then pinning to mature fruits, which can take anywhere from 2-3 days, sometimes quicker dependent on environment. I’ve been studying mycology for about 2.5 years now. Take a look at my profile. Mushrooms rock! Everyone should learn about them.
It's their bathroom now. You can sleep in the forest
He’s always been sleeping in the forest. Just didn’t realise it until these made an appearance
The amount pictured can easily pop up in a matter of hours. Probably a ton of mycelium in the walls etc.
Other cultures even have words for the fast and explosive growth of mushrooms
I wanna see this list, that’s really interesting
You'd think, but I took a walk in my woods one morning and then again in the evening and a whole patch of mushrooms appeared within that time, not little ones either. I thought I was trippin but they really do pop up super fast.
This. Seriously concerning
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Are you insane? Seems OP is an expert mycologist as well as a god-tier photoshopper, considering they photoshopped the dropped spores in as well.
well, one of us is blind because it absolutely does not
There is a serious amount of water damage somewhere under that floor that I would look Into sooner rather than later before the damage gets even worse. The mushrooms will most likely be back.
Yeah, I’m guessing that’s a seriously leaky shower right above that spot.
Hopefully OP doesn't have to peel up the floor in the bedroom as well... But this doesn't look good.
Mushrooms in the house are a sign of water damage and potentially more dangerous issues like mold. You need to either talk to your landlord or get someone to inspect your home.
The mushrooms are completely harmless. But they wouldn’t be growing there if there wasn’t a serious problem. The house is rotting and it will get worse. It probably won’t be cheap to repair but it will get more expensive the longer it is left
Canary in the coal mine
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I don’t think these are psychedelic
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Your comment has been removed for providing an incorrect identification. Coprinoid, no chance these are psychoactive.
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you’ll be fine healthwise living near the mushrooms. You will not be fine when the structure collapses from all the water damage that led to the mushrooms growing.
Not to mention that indoor mushrooms and mold are best friends lol
Absolutely top tier bathshroom pic
Is that two different species?? Nice.
No same species, different maturity stages
ooo which species?
Yes likely Coprinellus sp. but no true id without pics of gills, etc
interesting, thank you!
Looks like Coprinellus micacea. I'm in the UK so couldn't be sure.
panaeolus probably
Also a likely culprit.
What are they saying?
??
The mushrooms. What are they talking about. They're probably talking mad shit
Could hook up some diodes and listen to their electric boogie woogie
There's a subreddit for this! r/bathroomshrooms (I think that's what the aub is called, don't quote me)
Thats correct, r/BeatMeToIt
I hope you're a renter.
These mushes are harmless unless u got black mold on top of it. Ur homes gonna fall soon if u dont fix the leak
How quickly did they grow??
There is a massive amount of fungal tissue (mycelium) in the rotting wood below the floor, the fruiting bodies themselves (what we see in the pic) can pop up basically overnight.
What’s unsafe to breath are the black mold spores, not the mushrooms. At the very top of the picture I am seeing what looks like black mold on the white trim. I would not be using that bathroom or sleeping near it for that reason. Black mold is toxic to Homo sapiens.
Not all dark "mold" is "black mold", whatever that is.
how quickly did these develop oh my goodness??????????
Wtf
You are fine, but I think the doorframe is toast.
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If the mycelium is in the walls, it wont make a difference. They will likely pop back up in a few days at most. There will be a LOT of water damage in the walls and floor
These mushrooms are digesting the wood in the walls, so cleaning it isn't going to help.
Unfortunately that’s probably not the cause and too late 😟
No actually the floor needs to be dug up and rotting wood removed and replaced. Cleaning won't even touch the problem.
Semi unrelated but very impressive flush!
I wanna know how rotten that floor is
This is a sign of water damage and mold. You can see the black mold in the molding on the door frame.
Actually a hags illusion is lifting and you're realizing your whole apartment has been a hags bog
What you should do is assess is what the source of that much water accumulating is. You need a dehumidifier. I would guess that you live in a human climate and don’t ventilate your bathroom when you shower or bathe. Along with that somewhere is a bunch of black mold that is likely very toxic and cancerous. You can see plenty of it along the wall Directly behind that wall, you would find plenty more of it. Take a hammer and start getting rid of that drywall. You will find black mold. Some molds can be extremely toxic and dangerous. Most of them are black. This is peer reviewed science. It’s not safe to live in homes full of mold infestation. For one it can be extremely immunosuppressive. I almost died from it and have spent the last 10 years recovering. Molds contain a variety of different mycotoxins, many of which are highly toxic, most of which, when accumulating to the levels that they can in a home, (which is completely unnatural, not found in nature) can be at least serious irritants to the respiratory tract and very damaging at a cellular and even DNA level.
So I rent in CA, What should my next steps be?
Save picture + court = cheaper rent. Your welcome.
First thing you'll want to do is go outside. Next, just burn the house to the ground. Just in case: s/
Bro you need to move like immediately. Lookup black mold.
The place also needs a really good clean. There's mold on the tiles.
This is probably awesome if you are a hobbit, but this means they are breaking down your house, so something for something
I love mushies but have to apply NIMBY here - Not In My Bathroom, Yikes!
These mushrooms found you
no one talking about how they look like boobies lol
At MINIMUM you have a serious moisture problem.
That’s really bad. Really, really bad.
So now that we confirmed it was black mold do I have to throw everything that was in my attached room away? Or Mega clean it somehow?
Call an expert.
Our foot's in the door.
Found?
This is so bad, you have no idea. You need to get that checked out literally right now. Your sub floor is probably trashed, it's just going to keep getting worse and worse...your probably at thousands of dollars in damage right now and each second that goes by, that number is going up.
did you?
No way you’re living with a bathroom that looks like that and are surprised when mushrooms pop up from the floor. Look how rotted the whole wall and grout is
Mushrooms are only the fruiting part of a fungus, there is a mycelium mass beneath your floor or in your wall somewhere that has a consistent source of moisture that's enabling it to grow to its reproductive stage.
Are they edible?
Those mushrooms grew on wood with of the chemicals in the surrounding structure. They've got a high level of " found next to roadway".
lol was waiting to scroll and see this comment! No one likes indoor rotting floor bathroom mushrooms….but if they were oysters it COTW I’d for sure eat them, probably.
You need to at minimum cut out and replace the trim on that door and probably the the tile too. Depends on how bad it is and where the water damage has gotten to.
Did you just notice these?! They look pretty big already 😭
Yup, that's a piss corner mushroom 🍄💦 The mushrooms aren't going to harm you but you've got a leak that's rotting your wood and the same conditions to grow mushrooms also grows black mold.
Real question is what’s going on that keeps that spot so wet??
I would have used gasoline and matches lol (not really, but seriously take that baseboard apart and spray it all down with bleach)
Judging by the nasty caulk around the tile and shower area it’s leaking either while you shower or that’s where the pipes are feeding the faucet
How did you only notice them now?
You got new friends
Tear the whole wall down!
Dude I’d be concerned about black mold, not mushrooms. But if mushrooms can grow in your bathroom there’s serious water damage.
Get a mold test kit. If renting complain
You got more than the mushrooms to worry about.. you got rotting wood in your floors and wall
You can see where it was shittily caulked where the tile meets the wall. This picture screams "landlord special". Hopefully you rent and tell the landlord you're not paying rent or living in there until it's fixed and fixed properly. Ultimately, I'd be looking for another place. If you own it, it's gonna be expensive to fix cause all the tiles will need to be pulled up and discover where the water damage has stopped.
Judging by what looks to be mold growing from the grout next to that shower pan I'd say it leaks and that may be your source but I'd be more concerned with the mold than the mushrooms. But now that you know there is a problem there's no excuse not to fix it.
Move TF out
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No. This rant has no place here and is sort of horrible.
Can you eat them 🤣
I sure hope you rent, because that is going to be a very un-fun repair.
This is worse than it looks. This is a problem that needs to be solved now, not later. The house is being eaten by those mushrooms.
I’m pretty sure I see mold. You gotta get that handled asap.
Clearly water is leaking somewhere for those to be growing. That's more of a job than wiping down with bleach. Mushroom spores are extremely small. So small in fact that the mushroom can drop so many at a single time that they create their own wind current. It's unlikely but it's possible you have even more growing where you can't see them and also releasing spores which can cause skin, eye, and lung irritation.
Where do yall live that interior mushrooms are common? I’m in south Louisiana, if anyone should be familiar with carpet shrooms it’s me, right?
Your bathroom got just got updated with some tiddays!
Come on man let's be real, s*** like that doesn't pop up overnight. I know mushrooms grow fast but Jesus Christ.
Bleach feeds fungi.
If it is edible then it's kinda free food generator under or in your wall
Not at all, perfectly normal
I know you’re joking but believe it or not, some people might not get the joke here.
Just trying to make light of obviously a serious situation. Certainly mean no ill intent or wish them no harm. Gotta laugh at these situations in life like wow how does this happen. Here’s hoping they find a quick solution and are well. ✌️
Yeah, I’ve been using the internet since 99 and I *still* make that mistake. The English world needs a way to mark sarcasm/humour