White spider web like mould on soil????

Jordan Dies

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I've been away for a long weekend visiting my son, I've come back and said hello to all the plants as I do when I've been away lol. On the soil of my ficus there is what I think is mould, its white, quite hard to see and impossible to take a picture of it.

Has anybody seen this before, know what it is and if or how I need to get rid of it.

Thanks
 

Cypress187

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I googled some but I had to stop, I can't bare so much spider pictures, creeps me out, only found a tunnel spider, but they seem harmless.
 

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If the air was very still while you were gone, it could be fungal hyphae. Most soils have fungi growing in them, in really humid weather, with no wind, sometimes they spread across the surface of the soil. The minute air is moving, humidity drops, the hyphae dehydrate and disappear. Most fungi in the soil are either mycorrhizal (symbiotic with the tree) or harmless. I would not worry unless the leaves are not looking good.
 

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U had something Like this? :)
 

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