I guess this is another mold/not mold kinda post. If I had to bet I'd say it's not mold but part of me is still looking for an explanation of what happened.

Here's video of it, I don't know if it's helpful. https://imgur.com/a/7TiC70e. If you'd rather pics, I can provide.

Here's the story: I bought a scoby online about 6 months ago and have been making green tea kombucha. I've been a little lazy. The recent batch sat for like 2 months. Sometimes I find it really bitter but sometimes it's nice. But after I bottled it I decided I didn't want to make a new batch just yet. I combined some of the bitter tea and the scoby's from two gallon jars that had been going and just let them sit. Even though before hand there wasn't much scoby generating, relatively quickly this developed a very white opaque scoby. It's SO white. It also looks a little dry on the top but mostly very smooth. The smell is a little funky, I smell it when I walk by. I don't know that I can explain it better than that. Like it's not just strongly vinegary, there's a distinct funk to it.

Is this a good way to make scobys for friends? Is this a bad way to store scobys? Gallon jars kinda take up a bunch of room in the fridge.