Help - isitmouldy

Help

General Usage:

  • Take photos from the top-down with nothing obstructing the view on the SCOBY (such as glass).
  • Try to fill the frame with the jar and SCOBY.
  • Disable the flash, the reflection can often look like mould
  • Ensure the area of concern is in focus, on mobile devices this usually means tapping the screen to focus on the area.
  • Photos taken from the side or through glass/plastic/anything will result in poor prediction results.
  • Use a 'normal' picture mode, this means dont use Portrait, Night Mode and also disable the flash.
  • Visible reflections from things like flashes can often be confused as mould
  • If a picture is subjective, often isitmouldy.com will struggle too. Garbage in, garbage out!

Success States:

possible mould

Mould might have been detected

possible kahm

Kahm yeast might have been detected

probable mould

Higher confidence that mould has been detected

probable kahm

Higher confidence that kahm yeast has been detected

Error States:

Image too blurry, try again!

The provided image is too blurry, try focus on the pellicle.

Image too noisy, try again!

The provided image is too noisy, try focus on the pellicle.

Not enough pellicle is visible

Not enough of the pellicle (the leathery disc) is visible, ensure
the photo is taken top down with the pellicle filling up the photo.

No pellicle detected

For a prediction to be made, the pellicle must be detected.