Mold ?

[Green Hill piper]

It's called plume. It's when the natural sugars crystalize, if you find it on a cigar you have a real treat

 

[briarbuda48]

I would smoke it. I have had moldy tobacco on two occasions that I recall. Neither time did it look like this.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Smoke it. It may be aged enough to have an earthy mushroom flavor as a topping.

 

[greeneyes]

This is mold ... growing on a pouch of Rich Dark Flake. I cut away the mold and smoked the rest. You can rest easy--yours isn't mold, not by a long shot.

 

[Steddy]

Get yourself one of these. A cheap small handheld microscope.

 

[Steddy]

I’d smoke it.

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

An update is in order I fired tonight a bowl and it was a good smoke from start to finish.After placing the contents of the tin in a jar I could get a better trace of the whiskey casing so in this case it was not mold.I would like to extend my gratitude to you Gentleman for helping me in this matter.

 

[condorlover1]

I think that is safe to smoke. If you open a tub of Captan Crap and you get something like this showing up then I would pause before smoking..

 

[NomadOrb]

I'm sure you've smoked it or tossed it by now, but that is normal for Sammy G and G&H flakes.

 

[woodsroad]

Then it's not mold. Mold is fuzzy

There are indeed molds that grow on tobacco that appear to be sparkle-y

 

[woodsroad]

Good evening Gentlemen.

Few days ago I managed to obtain a tin of Samuel Gawith - Bothy Flake but after I cracked it Open the flakes looks like this.Is it mold ?

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There is no way to tell if it is mold by smelling, touching, prodding, licking or making small talk with it.
But since this is how SG flakes often appear, and nobody (that we know of) has ever died from smoking moldy SG flakes, I'd say that you are A-OK to stuff it in your pipe and move on to things that really should be worrying you. Like "will John Cotton's Smyrna ever be available again?"

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

There are indeed molds that grow on tobacco that appear to be sparkle-y

I did not know that!

 

[kcghost]

Looks like good stuff to me so I'd at least try and see.

 

[condorlover1]

There is no way to tell if it is mold by smelling, touching, prodding, licking or making small talk with it.
But since this is how SG flakes often appear, and nobody (that we know of) has ever died from smoking moldy SG flakes, I'd say that you are A-OK to stuff it in your pipe and move on to things that really should be worrying you. Like "will John Cotton's Smyrna ever be available again?"

John Cotton's Smegma will never be available again due to Mr. Cotton's discovery of indoor bathing and EPH (Enhanced Personal Hygiene)