could this create a problem?

[Nina51]

i have a feather duster worm that, well, i think the picture is worth a thousand words...
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there is another littler mushroom growing there, too. i don't know how i would ever remove these without stressing the worm out which i don't want to do. but...?

[Sugar Magnolia]

Yeah, they'll keep reproducing on the tube. I'd think it would eventually stress the duster out and it will probably bail from the tube.

[Nina51]

thanks, adrienne, but if handle it enough to get these off of the tube, won't that stress the worm, too?

[J2T]

Just do it gently. I recently had to remove some GSP that had grown up the tube of one of my worms, I just gently peeled it off with no ill effects to the worm.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Yes, just be very gentle and try not to tear the tube. You'll have to remove all of the mushrooms' flesh. Any flesh remaining on the tube will just regrow into a new shroom.

[J2T]

Or if you can't remove all of it, you might be able to put some super glue over any remaining flesh to prevent it from growing back...just a thought because I'm sure a mushroom will be harder to completely remove than gsp.