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					Originally Posted by NCRadioMan  Bunk.  Mold can be many colors and wipes off quite easily and plume/bloom can be wiped off just as easily.  Bloom, plume looks like the entire cigar is covered in a fine dust and is uniform in nature.  Mold is patchy and splotchy and may only grow on one end of the cigar. 
 Plume/bloom is fairly rare and may never happen and is only an indicator of good storage.  That's it.  It doesn't effect the cigars flavor.
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 It sure wasn't plume/bloom!