New Fungal attack???Yikes

Rainforest Tom · May 29, 2011

We had a huge downpour for the last 2 days here now I see one of my Siberian tomatos with massive amounts of fungus or mold at the base. Can anyone identify? Perhaps a mild soap solution might kill it?

You can see in the photo plastic ring around the plant, this stops the cutting bug from attacking it. Most of the fungus appreared on the plastic!!!!

Thanks!

mjc · May 29, 2011

I'd try and culture it...if it's attacking plastic, you may be sitting on a gold mine.

Rainforest Tom · May 30, 2011

Talk about weird looking, last night it even attacked the plastic marker spoon and surrounds the base of both plants! This am I got up and the entire mold culture was rust color and appeared to be dying or converting itself into something even more agressive????

Check it out on the photo this am .... REALLY WEIRD!

Rainforest Tom · May 30, 2011

Hi MLC, Yes it got more aggressive in the dark and transformed into something rusty colored more agressively attacking the plastic.., I posted 2 more pics this am. How would I culture it and keep it alive?

RayR · May 30, 2011

Tom, there's more weird Fungal lifeforms in the Rainforest than biologists knows about.
That is a strange one, does it seem to be effecting the plant in a bad way at all?

Rainforest Tom · May 30, 2011

Hi Ray,

NO not at all, in fact the plants look stronger than ever, the plastic seems to be taking most of the attack like the forest is protecting the tomato from the plastic.

Tom

dice · May 30, 2011

It could be a fungus capable of "poly-aromatic hydrocarbon" breakdown.
See:
http://tenthmil.com/campaigns/energy...a_clean_future

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Rainforest Tom Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Amazon Posts: 61	Hi MLC, Yes it got more aggressive in the dark and transformed into something rusty colored more agressively attacking the plastic.., I posted 2 more pics this am. How would I culture it and keep it alive?

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RayR Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 2,466	Tom, there's more weird Fungal lifeforms in the Rainforest than biologists knows about. That is a strange one, does it seem to be effecting the plant in a bad way at all?