Quote Originally Posted by xxFriendlyStrangerxx
So I was wondering if the bud if safe to eat...
Depends a lot on what the mold is. Some mold produces aflatoxins that cannot be filtered out. The black mold that does this most often is Aspergillus Negro and its aflatoxins can attack the central nervous system and the mold itself actually grow in the lungs of immune challenged individuals.

I have no suggestions for Aspergillus other than to discard it, but Bothrytis and Powdery Mildew do not produce any known toxins and the mold fibers and spores can be filtered out. We use a series of filters, ending up with 0.2 micron, which also takes out any bacteria.

Heat at any temperature that leaves any of the good stuff intact, does not affect the viability of spores, so is not a good defense.

Coffee filters are a joke if complete removal is your goal.

If I ended up with such a challenge, I would spend some time using good binocular microscope, to determine exactly what I had.

While we routinely pitch anything that is compromising to the patient providing it, we continue to play with the infected stuff, to determine exactly where the line lies. So far the answer is not black and white, but depends on exactly what you have and the growing conditions that it is living in.

I sample extractions myself, as do my fellow researchers, that we cannot supply to patients. Not often or without aforethought, but after we have eliminated the known hazards, just to test it out.

In that venue, please be damn careful what mold you ingest and pay close attention to what its secondary products are. Neurotoxins can be unrecoverable from and cannot be filtered out or killed by any temperature that our beloved Mary Jane can survive.

My best suggestion is to get a good microscope and determine exactly what you are dealing with or get out of the game..............