What is this in my soil/on my roots?

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BuzzD2Kill

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Ive noticed this many times when transplanting, is it good stuff like benes? I don't have a major bug problem, anyone can pin point this for me would put my mind at ease.
 

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Looks like a fungus to me. If your plant looks OK it must not be a problem because you have a lot of it.
 
The lateral filament looks like fungus or mold and not beneficial bacteria. I use myco and have never seen that on my roots. Root rot is a possibility too. Overwatering causes this. Letting the soil dry out to the point where the plant just begins to droop is best. This also helps with the root aphids and fungus gnats I describe below.

You say you don't have a bad bug problem. Do you have soil gnats? Fungus gnats or root aphids. When plants are watered or bumped the adults fly out of the pot. Both will destroy your root system. Reason I ask is because your roots are brown and not a vibrant white. This is a sign of gnats. Larvae eat the roots and damage them. It kinda looks like eggs in the third picture. I would suggest using a drench solution of GoGnats, Amebectin (avid) or Azamax (Azadirachtin). Yellow sticky fly traps placed at the pots height will help catch the adults and prevent future reproduction.
 
Those roots don't look healthy at all. Even with mycorrhizal fungi, you should see bright white roots and root growth should be more pronounced than that...
 
After reading ALOT. Ive come to the conclusion that it is beneficial bacteria, this plant was in a red solo cup sitting at 3 1/2 to 4 feet tall, a bean pole. Ectomycorrhiza?

http://archive.bio.ed.ac.uk/jdeacon/FungalBiology/mycorhiz.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectomycorrhiza

IMO wow, it had never dawned on me when friends would ask " holy shit hows that plant alive in a solo cup?".
But after going back in my ventures to read up and polish old ways, Ive come to love this little community beneath us.
 
You in denial dog. Those ain't bennies ... You have either root rot, fungus gnats, or root aphids like stated above . The sooner you own up to this.. The sooner you can attempt to fix the problem
 
Heres my og, and a pic of my veg. Trying to perfect things atm, mixing coco in with perlite and soil isnt working for me, notice the purple stems. Its obviously a fungus that grows in coco. Im always using teas etc, so good bene or bad fungus, it doesnt attack the roots. I havent seen it since that day.


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