The green fungus on our roofs

EverGreen_2

adhara wrote: »

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Clearly you haven't been looking hard enough, because they are different. I've been to Canada every year for the past decade, and watched a ridiculous amount of Holmes on Homes. My family's home roof tiles are not concrete or brick, and neither are my 5 neighbours roofs....

Yes, the climate is different (notice how I don't dispute that?), but you are completely blind if you assume the roofs are identical.

This is so rude and narrow minded.
We don't need you sir. Keep your views to yourself.

adhara

EverGreen wrote: »

This is so rude and narrow minded.
We don't need you sir. Keep your views to yourself.

If that is what your narrow mind thinks, then I shall leave you to it. A simple google would have revealed the differences between Canadian and British roofing materials....

And it was very rude and narrow minded of you to assume I haven't been and lived in Canada.

EverGreen_2

Davesnave wrote: »

Two observations:

Canada is a very big place, so what is true in one part may be not be in another.

Those with only a modest grasp of biology know that fungi contain no chlorophyll.

True...fungi do not contain chlorophyll. But fungi survive well on other things like mould and moss for example.


Also Canada is wide huge country but still the weather all over is totally different from UK.

kinger101

EverGreen wrote: »

I imagine every problem must get a solution. The housing market is the backbone of economy and wealth of any nation. There should be the academic research for the subject. The "look at" those greenish roofs gives me the dull, depressive mood of November.

For 99.9 % of the population, it's not a problem. I can assure you there is grander challenges for research, such as finding alternative energy sources, of feeding an ever increasing world population in a less predictable climate.

Algae and lichens cause no problems on roof tiles. Moss may break away and block gutters (eventually). But I believe someone came up with a solution called a ladder.

kinger101

EverGreen wrote: »

True...fungi do not contain chlorophyll. But fungi survive well on other things like mould and moss for example.


Also Canada is wide huge country but still the weather all over is totally different from UK.

Stop using biological terms you don't understand. Moulds are fungi. Fungi do not feed (directly) on moss.

EverGreen_2

kinger101 wrote: »

For 99.9 % of the population, it's not a problem. I can assure you there is grander challenges for research, such as finding alternative energy sources, of feeding an ever increasing world population in a less predictable climate.

Algae and lichens cause no problems on roof tiles. Moss may break away and block gutters (eventually). But I believe someone came up with a solution called a ladder.

You never know the priorities. Fungi are dangerous and health hazard. They grow dependently on those things like moss and mould. Asthma, skin dieseases, allegic diseases and diabetes are shooting high. That was not the case in the old traditional life. The fungi infections are too difficult to treat specially in babies (premature babies in particular).

mgarl10024

EverGreen wrote: »

Our UK roofs tend to get covered by the green colour.
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does this kind of house roof design put you off?

I find that this question, coming from your username, is quite funny.

Davesnave

kinger101 wrote: »

Algae and lichens cause no problems on roof tiles. Moss may break away and block gutters (eventually). But I believe someone came of with a solution called a ladder.

Some of us find lichens attractive, and they're a sign of clean air too, so they're a win:win. Mosses and liverworts have their place too. They look great at any time of year beside wooded streams, such as we have near me, on Dartmoor.

I agree with th OP that this time of year can seem dark, dank and depressing, especially in cities, but the days are still longer than in many places, especially those close to or within the Arctic Circle.

The trick is not to worry about minutiae, but to go out at every opportunity, find somewhere pleasant to visit and have a long walk. If that's impossible, then there is special lighting for sufferers of seasonal affective disorder, (SAD.)

EverGreen_2

kinger101 wrote: »

Stop using biological terms you don't understand. Moulds are fungi. Fungi do not feed (directly) on moss.

Mould and fungi are dependent on other species and plants because of the lack of chlorophyll. That is what it meant. This is my subject.

EverGreen_2

mgarl10024 wrote: »

I find that this question, coming from your username, is quite funny.

yes..agree