Is green mold dangerous?

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so when i made some kinshi, i noticed a few weeks later that some kind of a green mold colonized my kinshi bottle. So, im wondering if this mold can harm the larva in anyway?

 
The mold is going to compete with and kill the mushroom mycelium and the substrate will not be suitable for raising larvae. The larva will not eat the green mold and will likely starve due to the fact that the mold is unpalatable and the substrate is not at the right stage of decomposition. I don't know if the mold can harm the larva, but the spores do pose a health hazard for you. All of the green you see is mold spores, the mold mycelium is insignificant and is feeding off of the dying mushroom mycelium and any free nutrients in the substrate.

 
the sub was fermented, and i made kinshi using fermented substrate. Since the sub was fermented, will they eat the sub with the green mold or no?

 
If it's undergone fermentation, then it is not suitable for mushroom mycelium as it's already started to decay. Nutrients are already being used by bacteria and other forms of fungi and bacteria and fungi produce antibiotics as they grow in order to prevent each other from thriving, so the mushroom mycelium would have stood no chance. Mushroom mycelium must be grown in sterilized or pasteurized medium as it's slower to grow than most other common types of fungi and easily displaced.

Green mold only grows when there are free nutrients in the substrate and tends to be a sign that the substrate has not finished fermenting.

 
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