Mould or Trichomes?

I don't see any mold. I think what you're seeing is an abnormally large growth of cystoliths. Mold will grow in a clump that obscures the bud under it. Did you cut that bud in half with a razor?

 

Looks like mold to me....look at the fuzzies on that stem.

 

In the picture the stem looks cut down the middle so I asked. Those fuzzies are not mold. They are plant hairs that has grown inside the bud away from light. I've seen that many times and the first time I thought it may be mold but in that picture they look nothing like mold.

 

What a weird picture. I can't see a mat of fungal threads but it sure looks hairy. If there are threads that go from one structure to another and look like cotton candy it's mold, if each hair is attached to only one structure it isn't mold. I suppose if you magnify anything it will become unrecognizable and lighting sometimes makes trichs look different but are you sure those white spots are trich "crystals"? You can probably tell much better in person than I can from a picture. Anyway, if you're still unsure maybe it would be safest to toss it.

 

Sure, but I still don't think it's mold.

 

Those are not trichomes in that last pic sorry to inform you. While I have seen white powdery mildew in different fashions, none like what you've got there but that's definitely some sort of fungus contaminated bud. It now needs to be discarded.

 

Toss it, looks unhealthy some sort of odd fungus. Sucks but better safe then dead

 

yea looks like fungus not Trichomes ,,throw it away..mac..

 

I would definitely have second thoughts before ingesting that. Doesn’t look like it would treat your lungs well.

Good catch though, pretty hard to see.

 

I concur definately some kind of parasitic flora, almost 100 percent sure it's a form of botrytis!

 

What do you see that makes you so sure it's botrytis vs some other variety of mold?

 

It's the gray strands Cactus, it's those damn grey strands! Every time I have seen them head they create those white balls, the pic I showed above, I believe is a great example of it, unfortunately Pringles is more of an extreme example, but realistically due to its nature, composition, color, and the fact that a form of Botrytis is the primary form of contracted fungal infection found on most plants, it's highly likely to be botrytis!

 

Thanks. I was assuming those white balls were actually trichs and it was a bit out of focus. I've seen them look like that in other pictures sometimes but I just looked at Botrytis in plants other than cannabis and saw the white balls so I agree with you, it's Botrytis. Always learning