Compost Pile Hot - No Smell - Covered by White Substance

[chuck.johnson3]

I wonder how bad it is to breath the fungus, if at all. Seems the last time I turned which I will explain: I build my piles kinda like a triangle, the fat part being the front, Then every few days I take the front and pile on top, I usually go in about a foot or two. Pile the front on the top and back and move the pile along the ground in this manner. Seems last turn the wind was in my face and the fungus was right there as well.

[hit or miss]

I'd wear a dust mask! You could wet it down to keep down the dust too.

[toxcrusadr]

Now and then someone does have a bad allergic reaction, or worse, but more rare, an actual lung infection from handling compost. It's usually people already in poor heath or with a compromised immune system. I would use common sense and if you think you're in a cloud of fungus spores, avoid breathing it. Stay upwind, mist it down with water or put on a mask.

Compost is great for the garden but your insides are entirely different territory...