Black Mould (Stachybotrys chartarum)
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Owner:
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SMacB
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Released:
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Sunday, January 12, 2014
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Origin:
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South West England, United Kingdom
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Recently Spotted:
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In the hands of GoldfinchFrog.
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Stachybotrys chartarum, also called
Stachybotrys atra, Stachybotrys
alternans or Stilbospora chartarum, is a
black mould that produces its conidia in slime heads. It is sometimes found in soil and
grain, but the mould is most often detected in cellulose-rich cache
containers, particularly those containing a few travel bugs and
geocoins. Most
commonly affected are those 'Travel Bug Hotels', especially the ones with
conditions and clauses to keep the price low. You know the ones:
"you must leave at least 4 TB's in this hotel at any one time. If
there is only 4 in the hotel you must not remove any of them. But feel free to
discover them" ....
"You may not remove any TB's from this hotel unless you have one
to swap it with"
"I collect TB's and bring them back and place them in my TB hotel for
others to enjoy"
This must stop!
Innocent travelers are being infected by this
horrible affliction and festering away. What's more they get that musty odour
that spreads to your hands and just will not wash off.
It is well known[1] that Lady Macbeth (a keen cacher) was helping her
husband discover the TBs in 'King Duncan's TB hotel' cache in his rooms when she
got some on her hands:
"Here's the smell of the mould still. All the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand" Macbeth Act 5,
Scene 1, Page 3
(The Macbeth response was probably a
bit OTT. Had they had Stachy in their possession none of the nastiness that
followed need have happened.)
Worse still is the fact that innocent people (Muggles) are getting infected when they rob a TB Hotel blind.
It happens!
With this TB in your possession you are obliged
to rescue any trapped travelers, leaving it as desolate and inviting as Bates
Motel. This leaves you free of blame and you can drop this TB in
their place. You are obeying the mission of this TB...... Who could
blame you. Or if you really want to be mean, move this one on as
well!
Please keep Stachy no longer than two weeks
as per geocaching guidelines, and that keeps everyone happy as Larry.
Besides that, prolonged exposure to this TB will cause you to become infected
yourselves. Once infected you will be considered a lousy scumbag for one whole
month......and you'll smell funny. Not that you'd notice it yourself, but people
will have a tendency to move away from you. They may not say anything to you at
Events, for instance, but will probably avoid shaking your hand or touching
you inappropriately. They will quietly mock you in the streets
(usually from downwind), you may just hear the whispering on the wind. Don’t be
surprised if some kind soul tapes an infected cross and air
freshener on your front door. A blessing or a curse. You
decide.
Roll of dishonour....
.....Kept Stachy longer than they should and is now infected from
this date, and will be clear in one month.
Roll of honour....
.....I saved this number of TBs from potential Black Mould
infection.
18/1/14 - Seaglass Pirates saved a total of 9 TBs
from 'It's Bin 6 Years' in a daring dawn, SAS style, raid .........complete
with police sirens and helicopters.
[1] Someone down the pub told me that a friend of
a friend of an associate thought so.
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Tracking History (4787.6mi) View Map
GoldfinchFrog retrieved it from Hollow
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Southern England, United Kingdom
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Found in Abingdon! First trackable. Will drop off again soon. Exciting thank you
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cardiffsimon placed it in Hollow
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- 14.35 miles
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Hope the Travel Bug has good adventures .
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cardiffsimon retrieved it from Uffington White Horse (Oxfordshire)
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Southern England, United Kingdom
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RidgeGrovers placed it in Uffington White Horse (Oxfordshire)
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- 5.28 miles
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RidgeGrovers took it to Church Micro 4614...Great Coxwell
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- .39 miles
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RidgeGrovers took it to Agricultural Cathedral (Oxfordshire)
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- 62.88 miles
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RidgeGrovers took it to Shrivenham Stroll Geocaching Adventure Lab Bonus
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- .24 miles
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RidgeGrovers took it to Church Micro 4523…Shrivenham
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- 3.16 miles
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RidgeGrovers took it to Historic Highworth Adventure Lab Bonus
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- 62.31 miles
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RidgeGrovers took it to NANOBLITZ FTBR Mould's Cocked-Eye
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