Mushroom or fungus in my sub

Oh God those blasted yellow mushrooms. They're not dangerous in general, although it is supposed to be toxic if ingested. So don't eat it. :D  The mushrooms will use the nutrition you want to keep for your stags, though, so you should attempt to remove them. In my experience, though, they are very tough to eliminate once you have them. The spores must be pretty hardy. When I got them in a tank I had to toss the entire substrate and set the tank outside for a day to finally be rid of them.

 
^ I was assuming you were using this for larvae, hence my comment on nutrition, but it occurred to me you might mean adults. If it's for larvae it might be worth trying to salvage the sub, if it's for adults I'd save myself the trouble and pitch the whole lot and replace it. 

 
Mushroom can be here and there all the time. Try to keep lids closed, try to keep your substrate away from outdoor air. Keep your place clean and dry with fresh air circulated. The mushroom we know are that thing above the ground is not the main body of mushroom, but a flowering part of the mushroom, meaning that thing above the ground has the most nutrition. This means nutrition from your substrate is highly concentrated to that thing. Try check your container more often to prevent that to grow any larger. Take it off, spray a tiny bit of rubbing alcohol (like 5-10 alcohol to 90-95 water ratio) lightly on the surface of substrate and keep the lid open for a while (so the alcohol can get away). This solution works okay.

 
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