Mildew, mold (kabi)

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Mildew, mold (kabi)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Mid-summer
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

kabi 黴 （かび / カビ)　mildew, mold, Schimmel
aokabi, ao-kabi 青黴（あおかび）green mold
kurokabi, kuro-kabi 黒黴（くろかび）black mold
shirokabi, shiro-kabi 白黴（しろかび）white mildew

kekabi 毛黴（けかび）"mold with hairs"
often found on bread, mochi and other food items.

kabi no yado 黴の宿（かびのやど）a home with mildew
kabi no ka 黴の香（かびのか）smell of mildew
kabi kemuri 黴煙（かびけむり）"smoke of mildew"
kabi no hana 黴の花（かびのはな）flowers of mildew

hibiru 黴びる（かびる） get moldy, get mildewy

kabi nuguu 黴拭う（かびぬぐう）wiping, moppin, scrubbing mold




tsuyudake 梅雨茸 (つゆだけ) "bacteria of the rainy season"
tsuyu kinoko 梅雨菌（つゆきのこ）
tsuyu no kinoko 梅雨の茸（つゆのきのこ）



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Mildew refers to certain kinds of mold (mould) or fungus. In Old English, it meant honeydew (a substance secreted by aphids on leaves, formerly thought to distill from the air like dew), and later came to mean mildew in the modern senses.

The term mildew is often used generically to refer to mold growth, usually with a flat growth habit. Molds can thrive on any organic matter, including clothing, leather, paper, and the ceilings, walls and floors of homes with moisture management problems. Mildew often lives on shower walls, windowsills, and other places where moisture levels are high. There are many species of molds. In unaired places, such as basements, they can produce a strong musty odor.

What most horticulturalists and gardeners call mildew is more precisely called powdery mildew. It is caused by many different species of fungi in the order Erysiphales. Most species are specific to a narrow range of hosts, and all are obligate parasites of flowering plants. The species that affects roses is Sphaerotheca pannosa var. rosa.
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Worldwide use

Schimmel, Schimmelpilz
Gammel

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Kenya

safari ants
under the mouldy avocado --
I almost slipped

~ james bundi


rubbish pit --
decayed bread covered
by houseflies

~ eric mwange


source : Kenya Saijiki Forum


July cold --
green moulds sprout on
the granary walls

~ hussein


filthy pit --
moulds form on
rotten coconuts

~ Violet


dust bin --
moulds erupt on
decaying rice

~ Nicodemus


awkward smell--
grey mouldy crumbs
surrounded by flies

~ Nzomo


cold July --
safari ants crawl over
the mouldy bread

~ Khadija


pigs fight for
a piece of mouldy bread --
cold July

~ Duncan

source : Peacocks, more Mold Haiku


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Things found on the way



kabi Daruma カビだるま



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HAIKU





scrubbing tiles -
the mind focused on
mold and haiku

Gabi Greve, June 2009


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. WKD ... on FACEBOOK, July 6.


summer heat-
faucet water
tastes like mold

Claudia Cadwell




30-degree heat
mold on the bricks
turned grey

Ella Wagemakers, Holland


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the long drought
almost wistfully
I remember mold

- Shared by Sandi Pray, North Carolina -
Joys of Japan, July 2012


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Related words

***** Rainy Season (tsuyu) Japan 　
This is when mold is at its best in Japan !


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