Tuckervill We'd all be sick if those caused illness, because those are everywhere.
That was my concern, Aspergillus is everywhere and yet the Aspergillus itself has the ability to grow inside your lungs, so you end up allergic to yourself.

Aspergillus is a fungus which occurs everywhere throughout the world, that feeds on dead animal or plant material, and in this role it is vitally important to the environment to recyle all kinds of biological materials. It is spread via microscopically small spores that are extremely light and float easily in the air.

Normally when Aspergillus spores are inhaled by people, their immune system recognises the spores as foreign and they are destroyed. Unfortunately my immune system is dumb and reacts!

Cheers for all the replies, you must have thought what a idiot, no I had no intention of eating them. I just freaked a bit when I first saw them, the only word I could think of was 'spores'...........and I panicked.


Thank you again for your time in answering a rather silly old woman!


Clock.................slowly ticking on, very slowly!