Time for a challenge! I dare anyone touch that mushroom directly! I'll seriously give all Viz and my Genesis with all my games@!
Wait a tick, the mushrooom is dripping ACID? Can someone explain why acid is dripping from it? If that thing is really acid. '-'
Nah, the acid will give the mushroom a better taste! Mmm... I can just imagine the delicious flavor of it!

Seishiro Leonhart : Naw, it isn't acid. These are a type of ink cap mushrooms. When they grow and open up, their gills will start to turn brownish-back and start dripping. That black goo is actually their spores. These type are not exactly toxic. As a matter of fact, they are edible as long as it is before they turn black. They are sometimes used for cooking (medal of bravery to the first person to try it). But touching the stuff or the shrooms themselves will not really harm you. Might make you a little sick if your body had a reaction to it, but that would be the extent of it (assuming you aren't just eating a lot of it)

Singelli : The thing is, allowing this to be in a tenant's home is actually illegal. My sister-in-law is a real-estate lawyer. I talked to her about it. Even if this type of mushroom is not exactly deadly, it is a severe health issue. The mold that is growing around the area is also illegal to allow tenants to have. In most states, health hazards like this have a very short period in which land lords are legally bound to have it properly taken care of. Depending on which state you live in, that window could be less than a week. If it isn't taken care of within that time, you actually have full right to terminate the lease. Even though she has been good in the past, this is an unsafe environment. Just because non toxic fungi are growing there now means nothing. If they are growing now, it is still likely to get real dangerous fungi growing VERY soon. Show her the pictures, and remind her that this is a legitimate health hazard that legally has to be dealt with ASAP.

Did you get the professionals out there yet to check out the mysterious case of the gross and disgusting and most like toxic spore infested mushrooms and did its condition get any worse?

rcarter2 : Oh, now I'm not so scared of it, still a little disgusting, but not so much now.

How do they taste like? Good, ok, bad?

Seishiro Leonhart : No idea. I never really liked mushrooms anyway. And these ink caps are not as commonly used, so I have never personally seen it used in food.

So... I'm in a hotel right now.

Things got even... creepier to say the least.  Remember the last set of pics I took?  Well, those caps quickly shriveled to where they look like the other thin strands, and it looks like that part is done and through with.

However....
A few hours ago, Jason came into the living room looking stunned.  I thought he had broken something, and he waved me to come over, telling me to hold my breath.  I did so nervously, and he opened our hallway closet.

Green... green and black and brown... everywhere. It's shocking, to say the least, because I guarantee it wasn't there even a week ago before the apartment flooded.  The closet hardly shares a wall with our bedroom either, meaning the mold must be through the whole ceiling.  I went into the bedroom and opened the storage closet, and glanced up.

Green, green, green.  Fuzz.  Mold.  Mildew.

I took pictures, but I forgot to bring my camera cord and I'm in the hotel right now.

Guys, I think I'm going to be forced into a move.  My husband is being casual still, saying we 'might' move in a 'few' months.  Agh. Help me.

How does this spread so fast... Did any of your valuables get ruined? 

Ewwww...

Even if you did get it cleaned up, would you want to live there? You'll always have those images in your head, every time you go into the rooms (for a while, at least).

Gross. I would agree with few recent comments that you should moves. The image going be stuck in your head for while now.

Well mushrooms do grow quick in damp conditions.... and they probably started growing as there's probably a lot of moisture inbetween the floor above and the ceiling... 

your reactions are hilarious as you seem to be extremely concerned but yet you let them continue to grow.. seishiro gave the best advice... get some gloves and a mask and scrap/kill them and then disinfect the area so they cant grow through.. leaving them will only make it more work..

That is really intense. You must do your research so you can possibly sue the lady upstairs for causing the water damage (whoever owns the washer could be partially liable though) or sue your landlord for not taking the appropriate actions in a timely manner and leaving your health at risk.

My knowledge of law expands only to a business law course I took in college a couple semesters ago, but there is a legit opportunity to sue. You must also take the appropriate actions to let the landlord and lady upstairs know in a timely manner (ASAP) so that it cannot be used against you in a court of law. Check the maximum you can sue for in small claims court for your city/state and compare it to the total damages you would have to pay for damage. If any of your property bought by you or your husband is damaged beyond use/repair, get evidence of it and something to confirm it. Watch some Judge Judy to refresh your knowledge on small claims court.

You could also sue for pain and suffering if you develop a breathing problem or some other problem related to breathing in the mold. Also, you were forced to stay in a hotel because of the extent of the damage and spreading of mold, so those costs could also be potentially be sue-able regarding the cost to stay at a hotel due to the lack of timely action by the landlord and/or lack of responsibility by the lady upstairs. Be sure to use the words "not reasonable" when describing the wait time by the landlord and the lack of taking responsibility by the lady upstairs.

Also a major thing is the fact that the landlord could possibly not have a professional take care of it. This could potentially be illegal and could result in you suing for even more money because of the danger to health that mold causes. If it is not treated properly and by a professional, there is a "reasonable" chance the mold can grow back, which would cause you do have to suffer through this process all over again. Tell everything I said here to your husband to see what he says. It sounds like he is downplaying the situation, and I know you are a pushover but seriously, this is really important. Do your research and take this seriously because this could permanently damage your health, particularly in the lung and sinus area. You could also come out of this experience with some extra money so you can move to a nicer place. Really, do your homework on this, to me, all signs point to sue, based on what you have said. Also, check out the contract you signed to live there to see if there is anything that can work for or against you. Good luck.

ugh.....oh dear you have yourself in a fix there but seriously mushrooms?!!!!! That was soo disgusting looking at those more I nearly felt sick I hope your health is in tact if that was me there I wouldn't have survive that and gone to the hospital because of that! No I'm really worried for you that's the first I ever saw that in my entire life.....

Ewwwww, that's gross. Hope it gets fixed soon.

Oldschool41 :  Sorry, I forgot to answer your question about the lady upstairs.  We live in a house that's split into three apartments, and the lady that rents the place above us is best friends with the landlady.  She went on vacation down to Gulf Shores with our landlady and told her son's long time girlfriend that she could use the washing machine.  I guess they all trust each other enough to let each other come in and out as they please, because the son's girlfriend had actually even left the door unlocked when the flooding occurred, which is how I was able to get in and shut the water off.  (I didn't try the door because I'd never think to do that, but the neighbor just opened it and walked right in.)

Well, Jason called the landlady this morning, and she sounded more irked than anything. Jason got off the phone rather quickly, and I was surprised.  I asked how the conversation went, and he said that our landlady just said she's going to call the friend.  I asked Jason why he didn't demand a professional, but he said that he's going to ask if the guy is licensed first.

Problem is, we don't really have the money to move.  This isn't like a typical apartment situation where we can just be moved into another unit. It's a house with three 'apartments', and the other two are occupied.  Jason did the calculations, weighed the options, and said he'd rather just stay in the apartment until early August, when we can have enough money saved up to move.

Hurrah.

EDIT:  Landlady called back.  He didn't ask. I'm beyond frustrated and don't want to say more about the situation.  It'll get solved eventually and somehow.

I finally got those pics uploaded.  Here is just SOME of the damage I found....  Realize that after I took these pictures, I took some stuff down and found even more. It's... everywhere.

This is what the mushrooms looked like when they were all done after a 24 hour life cycle.


This is super duper hard to see, but here is a white circle of mold growing in the ceiling paint.


Some images of my bedroom closet:


(The white mold at the bottom of this image is about 1 inch thick and very, very fuzzy. The camera does it no justice.)



On my box of classroom stuff....


And the best image I could get of my hallway closet:


Now, what's the plan?

Well.... my husband never did push for a professional.  The lady that opened the door to the flooded apartment upstairs came and took pictures.  She tried to downplay the whole thing because she's best friends with the land lady.  I -asked- my husband yesterday to make them take a look at my photos, since mine showed the severity of the issue.  He didn't, though.

Then, the guy who does work for the landlady came.  He scraped off the mushrooms and also tried to downplay it.  He even stated that the mold was no big deal, because there are mold in all houses, and that he was simply going to 'clean the mold up'.  When my husband asked for more to be done, the guy said that it wouldn't matter, because the paint would keep the mold from spreading.  -.-

Yes, I'm serious.  Furthermore, the guy said he can't come 'fix it' until Monday.

And of course, no offer was made to let us stay elsewhere.

I was at the park when this happened, because I don't want to be in the house.  My husband called me just to say that he was sorry, and that he couldn't get anything more.  He's sleeping in there again... not caring at all.

I don't want to be in the house.  So I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
Besides that, we don't have the money to move right now.

Life kinda sucks at this point.

Oh yeah, apparently my husband doesn't want to push for more, nor tell my landlady that we want to move, because he's afraid she will tell us to get out.  :/  Which is ridiculous. He doesn't care that I told him she can't legally do that, or doesn't care about any of the advice you guys gave me.

Wow. That's just... nasty. I can't believe your landlady isn't doing anything (well, not much anyway) to help... They're just going to scrape the mold off? They should at least bleach it or something, to kill the mold. Yeesh...

Monday? Wooow... He doesn't really care about y'all, does he?

Find a lawyer that will do a free consultation and take the pictures to him and explain what was said and done. I don't know anything about law, but I'd imagine this kind of thing would be a slam dunk lawsuit.

Also, you said it wasn't a typical apartment, but do you still have a contract or a lease?