"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...

In article , "Isleman" Isleman@home
writes:
| This is a new one on me, just goes to show how dangerous it is out
there in
| the garden!!
|
| "A man has died after inhaling lethal spores which grew on rotting
compost
| in his garden.
|
| ...
|
| But when antibiotics failed to help, tests showed evidence of
Aspergillosis,
| a reaction to Aspergillus spores.

Look up "farmer's lung". It occurs only when the compost is too dry,
and the relevant fungi can out-compete bacteria and other (damp
condition) fungi - and can produce dry spores!

It is a good idea not to be careful if woody material appears covered
with dust (especially greyish dust), and dust lifts into the air when
it is disturbed.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Do you mean the "not", Nick

Pete (;0)
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