The Low-FODMAP diet was created by researchers at Monash University in Australia to help people suffering from common digestive illnesses. Monosaccharides (fructose), And Polyols (sugar alchohols such as sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol and maltitol). Seventy-five percent of people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have greatly improved symptoms when they remove the FODMAP foods from their diet.
Very simply, a mulch is anything that covers the soil. They can be made of old leaves, straw, rocks, bark, gravel, boards, bricks, even plastic. Mulches are almost always a very good idea but when it comes to mulches and molds, they aren't all created equally. Bark is a very good material on which to grow mold.
Identifying Snow Mold. Snow mold is a fungus and there's actually two different types of snow mold: grey, as well as pink. Pink snow mold affects the crown of the plant or the grass, and grey snow mold affects the leaf of the grass. Snow mold looks like small circular patches that can be anywhere from 3-12 inches and its been known to group together so it can move and mass together. Pink mold is actually distinguished by its pink color.