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Sourdough starter smells moldy/rotten

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Two days ago I made my first attempt at making a sourdough starter, Annalise.  When I went to feed it for the first time I took off the plastic wrap and a horrible mold/rotten smell came from the starter.  I used half bread flour and half unbleached whole wheat flour as shown in the video on this site.  There were spots on top of the starter that looked like they could possibly be mold so I took them out when I fed her.  However, the smell is coming from the entire starter, not just the "spots" I removed.  There are some bubbles but not a whole lot, It's sitting on the counter but our room

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