The symptoms of black mold aren’t always easy to prove by sight. Different molds may be dark in color but the species of black mold that causes health problems and even death can’t be positively identified by just looking at it. However, black mold or mold of any kind can destroy a home. It eats away at the wood framing and any other organic material it can use as a food source. Wood floors can actually be digested by mold to the point that the floor collapses. Even a little mold is a bad thing. It is vitally important to take away what it needs to live now. Mold survives in places that are of the right humidity level, warm and have plenty of food to eat. Taking away all the food is not going to work in an established home. Removing humidity is the best thing because even temperatures can’t be perfectly controlled in a home. By far low humidity controls mold the best under these circumstances. If it is established, it needs to be professionally removed. Scrubbing it can spread millions of spores in moments.