<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">We recently had a mold infestation in our types freezer on our wooden vial racks. The fridge is kept at low RH and around 0ºC. We did have an issue where it wasn’t kept exactly at that temperature due to a faulty compressor, but was still kept cold and low RH. <div><br></div><div>We didn’t ID the fungus, but did end up having to replace our entire type vial rack collection with all plastic ones, which was a significant expense. Michelle Kohler will be giving a short talk about this at SPNHC this year if anyone is interested. I wonder if it is related. </div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely, </div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 7, 2025, at 4:11 AM, Nikolaj Scharff <nscharff@snm.ku.dk> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">More about the finding here:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724040282" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724040282</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207422000322?via%3Dihub" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207422000322?via%3Dihub</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Nikolaj</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td width="302" valign="top" style="width: 8cm; padding: 0cm;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 74, 66);">Nikolaj Scharff, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 74, 66);">Professor, Curator of Arachnida,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; 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font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Gali Beiner<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>7. maj 2025 08:06<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>NHCOLL-new <Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Nhcoll-l] Mold curiosity<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dear All, <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">I noticed this little popular press article on mold that thrives in RH ca. 55%: <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/denmarks-museum-objects-at-risk-from-extreme-new-mould-say-conservators" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Denmark’s museum objects at risk from ‘extreme’ new mould, say conservators | Denmark | The Guardian</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Has anyone noticed this happening in natural history collections? There are, of course, many types of mold - we dealt with some in our bird collections - but generally lowering the RH (to taxidermy-appropriate levels) appears to help. However, it would be good to know what other professionals see in "their" collections in terms of molds working in lowered RH conditions. <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Gali <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span class="gmailsignatureprefix">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;"><img border="0" width="295" height="590" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download" style="width: 3.0694in; height: 6.1458in;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Gali Beiner (ACR)</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy;">Conservator, Palaeontology Lab</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: navy;">National Natural History Collections</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: navy;">The Hebrew University of Jerusalem<br>Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram<br>Jerusalem 91904, Israel<br>Fax. 972-2-6585785<br></span><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="mailto:gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il" target="_blank" title="blocked::mailto:rivka@vms.huji.ac.il" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; 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