DENVER -- Lurking inside Connie Lassman's bathroom lies something scarier than mold or mildew.

"I'm afraid of it," said Lassman. "The first time I saw it, I thought, 'Oh my God. What the ?'"

It was mushrooms.

For more than a week, the 10-inch fungi cluster has called the base of her commode home.

"It's gross," she said. "I don’t know why it had to choose my apartment."

A local mushroom hunter identified the fungi as edible Plerotus Ostreatus, more commonly known as Oyster Mushrooms.

But after Colorado's second rainiest June in more than a century, mold, mildew and even mushrooms are popping up in homes across the Metro.

Normally, the state's low humidity prevents minor mold from spreading fast, but mold remediation workers said this year is different.

"With all the rain that we've had, saturated soils are causing problems in crawl spaces. The hail is causing leaks in roofs that are then causing mold problems," said Dave Banes, who does mold remediation and inspections with RMRC Services, Inc.

Lately, Banes said, he can hardly keep up with the calls.

"It's probably a 150 to 200 percent increase. Maybe more than that," he said. "We're seeing crawl spaces that have been dry forever all of a sudden getting wet."

He said not everyone needs to bring in the professionals, though.

"If it's less than 10 square feet, the EPA says just clean it up," he said.

He recommends not using bleach, but specialized chemicals, instead.

But that's a scary thought for Lassman, who hopes her landlord will do the dirty work.

"I'm not touching that thing," she said.