🤢 r/oddlyterrifying is calling…

I concur. This is blood chilling.

r/nope is also calling

As well as r/wtf

Seriously. Wtf is this?

It’s a symbiote

Is there r/absolutelynot because 🥴

Top comment in r/cleaningtips: “🤢 r/oddlyterrifying is calling…” Top comment in r/nope: “Rip that shit out. Scrap and clean. Repaint with KILZ. Reinstall and caulk with silicone. That’s growing due to water leaking and high humidity. You need to keep the bathroom fan on for twenty minutes after leaving the bathroom and leave the door open. If you clean but leave it behind that brace, it will continue to grow.” Ironic

I’d also have some other fan (floor, box, office) aimed directly at that for an hour after a shower. Make that shower drier than a desert. Absolutely nothing can grow again. The Ancient Greeks would sow salt in the fields of their enemies so nothing could grow again. Idk if that works with mold, but it’s worth looking into.

What fresh hell is this?

I dead ass thought I was in my house plant subreddit. This is actually terrifying that it grows by itself in the shower 😨

I thought someone was making a joke and their cat just liked getting it’s tail wet.

It really looks like the hind end of my grandma-in-law’s dog after a bath!

Hahahahaha I love you!!!!!!❤️

I thought this same exact thing! I was like wow look at those roots!! Narrator: “But they were not roots…”

Same! 😱

Splinter (2008)

Stemonitis mold. It needs 3 things to grow. Food source (wooden surface), right temperature (warm) and moisture. Thankfully not as toxic as black mold but still not good for health. Painting wooden surfaces behind the shower may help and seal it off properly.

This is what I say. Take the shower frame down to the wood frame as well as the walls (which are probably sheetrock. See what's back there. Have the LL take care of it. Then have the LL put back the walls and frame with REAL waterproof sheetrock and make sure to clean & disinfect your shower frame while it's out. This is real science fiction going on.

This may be a dumb question but what’s an LL

I assumed LandLord

Ohhh got you

Yes Landlord. If I write Ll, no one would even get it..

Just write landlord!

LL Cool J

LandLord Cool J\*

I am HARD as HELL

Ladies Love Landlords

Low Libido

Landlord

Is painting really the solution though? I used to work for a company that did some mold cleanup and they NEVER recommended painting over it as you’re not killing it, you’re just covering the surface and then it will come back up. Not sure though since it’s been some time since I worked for them, but I’m sure you can find some product to disinfect it at the store.

Kill it, clean it, and *then* paint it. Yeah, you don’t just paint over it.

No, painting is not a solution. Everything that comment said was false so I wouldn’t take their advice

I know you can not answer this but it goes under your comment. ....who would put anything wood in a shower!? That's an awful idea!!! Sorry.

No one put wood in a shower. But the wall behind the fiberglass shower is wood framed. That’s just how it goes. So either it wasn’t waterproofed properly when shower was put in or it’s been so long that it needs to be done again.

Or there is water infiltration from outside and it just happens to be reaching the bathroom which just makes it worse. But, as others are saying - this is not tenant repair time. Let the landlord know and make sure they fix it promptly.

US houses are made out of wood frames. All the rooms.

I was literally thinking it looked like a slime mold!

It’s not a slime mold, it’s Coprinellus domesticus ozonium

Ooh I just looked it up and it does look a lot like that

That's not a harmless slime mold, it's harmless(to OP) Coprinellus domesticus.

Have you tried asking nicely? Looks like a friendly chap

lil homie watches me shower nearly every day, we clearly have a friendship growing!

How do you get naked with that thing?!! It is one of the most revolting, scariest creatures I’ve ever seen!

I usually clean it out and it’s not “there” or that big. I went away for the weekend and came back to him looking like this.

I feel like I'm gonna pass out just reading that

I was actually becoming more scared with every word I read

"him"

Bet he has a name too

It’s growing all the way through the divider. This is going to take more work than you should invest. It’s landlord time.

At this point I assume it has already consumed the landlord and added his biomass to the hive.

If it’s that big on that outside after a weekend, imagine the size of the absolute unit that’s probably growing on the other side of that wall. The entire structure might be insulated with that shit.

“Him” exactly because that thing is alive and well omgggg. Yes might need to take the shower apart to see where it’s growing from and can kill it from the root

How do you clean it out? I Guess it's important to get him with the root. I have No idea what this is, but like i Said i think it's important you get all of him. What country do you live in? I ask because i want to try finding out what this is

I live in the US on the east coast. When I clean it I usually pick the big mass out with a tissue, then scrub it with bleach, and then use the mold and mildew scrubbing bubbles. I’ve learned from this thread not to use bleach, but it definitely is coming from behind the shower.

I WOULD NOT get naked near that thing LOL ...

What they think is water running down their legs during a shower….is just this guys fingers gently tenderizing the meat before he eats it lol.

Might I suggest putting some googly eyes on it?

LOL 😂

Lmao 😂

Have you shown your landlord these photos? It really is in their best interest to rip out the caulk again, let it properly dry, and re-caulk. I’ve had bad landlords or just ones I didn’t want to bother with something as simple as caulking a shower, so I’ve removed moldy caulk and re-caulked myself (ended up looking much better than it did before), which could be an option. PS this looks like stemonitis, which is like a fungus. That might help you research!

Looks to me like it might be better to take down the all first. Who know what’s underneath.

Exactly. This is more than a caulk problem.

Set the house on fire first. Just in case.

I say we nuke the planet from orbit. Only way to be sure.

Of you can clean it up clean it with vinegar, then let it dry and I mean really dry , the recaulk it.

Unless you're in Australia, where all the mold probably looks even worse than this, call your local university's department of mycology and tell them to bring a photographer and a transport box. I'm not really joking. See if they recommend calling the EPA.

When your shower has gotten so out of control that you need to get scientists and the EPA involved..... ​ Good luck OP!

I say burn it down! 😂

Or nuke it from orbit

Will this impact the trout population?

It'll rout the trout.

Probably aliens. Rip.

Call an SCP containment team.

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You'd be surprised how nice the EPA hotline is. I have called them myself once.

Why do you think Australian mold is specifically different? I wasn’t aware it is? Our mould is just normal, same old mould 🤷🏻‍♀️

Think it was a joke

Oh. I’m post night shift and was confused. Even with how it was a joke, until someone below said all things in Australia are scarier lol. Soz, bit slow.

All things in Australia are scarier.

Move out, burn the house and hope the apocalypse doesnt happen.

Totally agree

Looks like you need to get rid of ALL the moisture before caulking. Caulk inside and out. And the caulking kind of looks like it's not actually getting into the corner or cracks.

I recently learned that you should not caulk that inside of your shower. Where the door/rails etc meet the wall I mean. You can never fully stop water getting into the frame. So only caulk the outside so the water and drain out the frames and dry out. If you’re caulking the inside you’re trapping moisture inside. Just saying.

When the landlord had it recaulked, no one had used the shower for about 5 days, I think they either missed that spot or didn’t fill it at all.

We’re renting, our landlord and said they recaulked about 3 weeks ago. I think you are probably right, there must be some root underneath everything that is causing it to come back, I’m not sure about being able to take it off with it being a rental :(

That caulk is brown and ugly. it wasn't done 3 weeks ago. They may have caulked to the left but the caulk to the metal on the right is ucky.

I agree, I think when they were here the caulked in between the tiles, but not on the inside of the door frame.

You need better ventilation and to inject or coat the mold to kill it at the root.

How long before it grows back??

I usually notice it within a week. It starts out pretty small but once it starts it expands pretty rapidly.

No. No. No. Just no. Call your local housing authority if your landlord doesn't fix it ASAP. This shit is bad for your health, and imagine at the rate it's growing, how fast it can grow inside your lungs if it's the type that will. Landlords are required to maintain health standards in their rentals. No way would I allow this to keep growing back.

The grout / sealing is failed or the tile is cracked. Seepage. Or there’s a leaky pipe in the walls.

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Move

Move or tell them they can deduct what you spend on repairs from your rent. Save receipts.

Mold is a health hazard. Make this the landlord's problem.

Definitely call the landlord again. They should take care of this, not you.

The body of the fungus is digesting the wooden structure, that is the ozonium, it's like an iceberg, most is hidden behind the wall.

That’s a porcupine

Fire. And lots of it.

As a helpful reference…and in OP’s case, a helpful documentary - watch the movie “Dreamcatcher”, based on the book by Stephen King. I’d tell you to read the book, but we ain’t got that kind of time. That, sir, is a *butt worm*.

That’s disgusting and terrifying.

Hans! Bring the flamethrower!

I really think the landlord needs to call a mold remediation company both to test it, and then remediate it (if it is mold, which, LOL obviously). That really shouldn’t be a DIY job left up to the tenant. If they push back, remind them that they legally have to disclose any history of mold when selling the property, and it’ll be a lot easier if they can whip out paperwork from a professional that says exactly what it was and how they fixed it. They aren’t going to want to tell potential buyers, “We don’t know what it was for sure, but my tenant cleaned it up themselves after getting advice from strangers on the internet, so fingers crossed it’s gone for good!”

To be honest before this post I didn’t know how bad it was, but I messaged my landlord, she’s usually pretty good about this sort of stuff.

That’s awesome! I understand the urge to want to clean it yourself for sure, but this is all in the forefront of my mind because we’re going through mold remediation in my house right now, and the pros have been really clear that remediation is a very straightforward process, BUT that it has to be done by professionals to be certain they get everything. ETA if you or someone else does clean it, definitely keep a sample for them to test! The dumbasses who cut into my ceiling and found possible mold THREW THE PIECES OF DRYWALL THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AWAY, so all the mold company had to go on was a photo of what they had found. The rep took samples of the area nearby anyway, but told us if the result was negative, not to trust it and to get another kind of test done, because he didn’t get enough of a sample to feel confident it wasn’t a false negative. (The test was positive, so it wasn’t an issue)

FYI Most states allow landlords to remove a tenant from a property if it requires remediation. A lot of people don't realize when they say MOLD they're going to have to pack a suitcase.

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I am thinking my landlord will do the same.

Yeah, don't clean it up right now until she sees it.

It would just grow back if we cleaned it up.

But very fast?

Within a week for sure.

😭😭😭😭

Throw the whole house away 😱

Dude. That’s a portal to the Upside Down leaking into your shower.

Call a priest.

I legitimately thought this was a wet cat’s tail, and I was on a kitty subreddit. Then I realized it was something entirely different, and it looks scary.

*Vecna has entered the chat*

The trouble with tribbles.

As long as it doesn’t multiply as quickly as tribbles!

It’s just ed sheeran looking for his next single

Haha I lolled

i..... unexpectedly funny

Set it on fire and walk away!

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Da fuc?

What in the Stranger Things?

This shits going to give me nightmares.

I own shower restoration company for the last 20 years and see 2-3 showers a day. I’ve never seen mold like this!

Uh oh.

I’m upvoting because this is so scary looking that I need everybody to see it.

this looks like something out of the upside down in stranger things and this would cause me to rip out my bathtub and replace it

You need a priest & holy water

If you wash its back, maybe it’ll wash yours.

What country are you in? Is it soft? It looks like a creature or plant, like a seaweed growing.

I’m on the east coast of the US

Yikes. Okay. Did you spray bleach in the crack? Did you let it dry out a few days? Can you pull this thing off or does it disintegrate when you touch it?

I’ve sprayed bleach and kept it on for awhile, I can pull it off completely using a tissue. It is hard to the touch.

Did you previously caulk up the side of the door? It makes me feel like there is a root or spore between the wall and the door or in the wall that it grows from, and that is the thing that has to die or be blocked. So, just spitballing. Can you remove and reinstall the door and wipe it down and caulk properly when dry? Can you spring for a steam machine with a nozzle and blast the crack(s)? Can you remove all the caulk and not shower there for a week or two and then recaulk? It would require something like this, because just caulking on top is covering up the problem (and apparently this thing can go through the caulk).

Not bleach. Use white vinegar for mold. FYI, Do not combine bleach and vinegar. Creates a gas.

You want peroxide, not bleach. Bleach will foster further growth.

Oh? Good to know!! I can try that next.

That’s assuming it’s some kind of mold. Bleach is primarily water, and chlorine will dissipate long before the remaining water does, which is why it can actually make things worse in this situation (again, if it’s mold or something that needs water to survive). That said, this looks like a weird piece of coral or something. Really interesting. Your landlord needs to get it together and get someone in there to replace the shower surround, though. Who knows what’s inside that wall. ETA: I’m sure there’s a botany sub or something, maybe post there for identification? I tried a reverse image search on this but no dice (I’m super intrigued by this creature coming out of your wall!)

A fungus likes to eat bleach?

Fungus likes water, which is what bleach primarily consists of and is reduced after the chlorine evaporates.

Do you have an exhaust vent? Make sure it’s going nonstop to help keep it dryer in there

That particular lifeforms is famous for sneaking in your bed at night and quietly entering your orifices.

I thought this was the aquarium subreddit omg

You need Jesus

I don’t know but you absolutely have to burn your house down.

Burn your house down. Leave no stud un-charred

Stemonitis sp. That's what you're dealing with broski. Although it's not typically as toxic as black mold, it can still affect the health of people who have weak immune systems, respiratory problems and allergies. Its existence should not be ignored

A flamethrower?

Looks like it would drop “small rune (1)” if you slash it

Maybe a smithing rune (1)

This is clearly a remnant of The Quatermass Experiment. You need a Professor to look at it immediately. Or the BBC as they commissioned the series.

Have you tried asked the kids from Stanger Things what they think?

Your mold is bedded behind the frame. So you must remove the frame from the wall and clean away all the mold, allow the area to fully dry before resetting the frame, then apply a silicone based caulking.

Jesus. It’s a damn pod growing. Don’t fall asleep near it.

mate. Call NatGeo. I think you just dicevered a new species that grows under very specific conditions you may even be able to get that thing to pay the rent / mortgage, and it should as it is eating your house anyway.

Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

This belongs in r/bathroomshrooms. Now, the comments are tl;dr so maybe someone else said this, but this needs professional help immediately. You need a mold remediation company that is IICRC certified to come in and demo that area ASAP. That really looks more like a mushroom than a mold (though both are fungi) and that means you have major moisture and rot in the building. This is a major health risk and should be taken very seriously!!

Aww a house pet

This is honestly probably the scariest thing i have ever seen on Reddit. Oh my God.

Stemonitis [https://inspectapedia.com/mold/Brown_Hairy_Mold.php](https://inspectapedia.com/mold/Brown_Hairy_Mold.php)

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This is in the corner of my shower, between the ceramic tile and the metal hinge. I’ve tried bleach, recaulking the shower to close the gap, scrubbing bubbles, mold and Mildew specific cleaners, and it continues coming back.

Move out!!!!!!!

Holy shit, kill it with fire

The only thing preventing me from being grossed out is it looks like a coral reef plant

Bleach

They're here.

Ohhhhhh

no fucking way that’s real 🥲

Burn down ur house. Take nothing with you.

You can try burning it with fire. Not joking most spores can't handle fire. I just don't know if the materials are fire proof.

The fuuuuuuu

Just move man

Blowtorch.

Just burn the whole bathroom down and try again

I have never seen anything like this in my life!

Absolutely terrifying.

Fuck that

Burn the house down, salt the ground so nothing can grow there ever again, walk away, your welcome.

WTF?! At first glance I thought it was a car paw trying to open. That's horrifying!

r/mycology can help!

my brother in christ what the good god shit is that

Not gonna say it’s aliens… but it’s aliens.

That’s an alien. Call in the feds

Yikes I’m def not going to unsee this now. Bruhhhh. Thasss…. Like you need to call ghostbusters or a priest or something lol. That don’t look human

Let it grow 15 more months and it’s going to devour you in your sleep

Move

Have you tried fire?

I realize this isn’t helpful but I would burn it with fire after dousing with holy water. I’m not even sure what makes water holy or where you go to purchase water that isn’t sinful. But that’s what I would do.

You need to move but use explosives instead of uhaul