Will mold kill my sourdough starter

[seanuman]

Hello All!

I''ve been enjoying playing around with different recipes and breads with a simple rye flour sourdough starter I've been feeding and caring for for around 3 months.

It developed some mold when I was away for a couple days (just a bit) I scooped off the mold and hard top skin and re-fed my starter and it has seemed fine ever since.

I"ve never worried much about mold but am curious if I should start a new one with the potential of mold spores being in my starter. I keep it on my counter with a wire mesh cover and it has a dry residue around the edges of the bowl (which I'm fine with)./

I would like to think the good bacterias will win the battle over the evil ones. I'm not about to start some super sterile sourdough process. Just looking for some feedback and experience around a little mold growth.

cheers

S