myco friends
everytime you move into a new house, you have to get used to its own fungal ecosystem. i say this because lately my feet have REALLY smelled and been itchy, and also some skin is peeling off my toes. i think i picked it up from the front porch. this is not the worst case of house mold. in my last house, the entire first floor carpet was infested with spores, waiting to bloom in the shadows, full force! this happened under the TV, couch, and coffee table. by the second month of this place, my housemates and i had banished it to several unreachable corners of the room, but the carpet had this lingering dampness even on the hottest days and we all new the mold was there, waiting. by far the worst case of house fungus i have ever seen was in emily and lli's house, where large mushrooms were actually growing out of the wall. in fear of toxicity, the whole wall was torn down and no one could use the kitchen for a week. that's the pacific northwest for you.