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Is this mold in my bubble hash?

two heads

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My last batch of bubble doesn't seem to be drying like all the rest have and it has an almost sickly sweet smell. It looks fine but under a 15x loupe I can see many small white threads. I've tried to capture them with my camera, shot through the loupe:

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I know a lot of debris can make it through the coarser screen of the middle bag but I'm concerned this may be a type of mold. Any thoughts? The bags are getting old. Could these threads be from the screens themselves? The hash was never pressed.
 

two heads

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I agree but the continuing dampness and sweet smell made me wonder...

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm trying to decide whether to share with friends this evening!
 

Finepointcanon

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Yeah it looks like cat hair. The only weed-attacking mold that I've seen up close looks like weird trichomes with really skinny stalks.
 

krunchbubble

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its the threads of YOUR bubble bags......

when the bags get handled hard or beat up, your get thready hash...
 

two heads

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Thanks for the reassurance everyone. I made the hash right before leaving for a week on a bike trip and it wasn't as dry as I thought when I closed up the container. I left it out on a sheet of cardboard tonight and it is much drier now. Smells better too.
 

Gray Wolf

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I'm with KB. It looks like a bag thread.
Here are some mold pictures.
 

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