Can there be mold inside dvd rom drive?

Well I did think about pictures too, but a little late. I screwed it up and disposed of it at a recycling point.
The drive had been used for about the 5 first years out of ten I owned this computer. This computer wasn't regularly used. After its 4th year, it was used very rarely. I cleaned the dust inside one time when it was 8 years old, but didn't touch the dvd drives.The past one year it was regularly used. It was always under desks, in those selves they have bellow, and the dust was cleaned on the outside.
Anyway, it appeared like a white plastic part of the bottom of the mechanism had gone all fuzzy-hairy, and since a small part of it was on the cover, sticky maybe. When I saw it's long hairs winnowing in the room ventilators light breeze, I screwed the drive immediately back up. That was scary, I have to admit.
Maybe, I'll stick to the bad conditions theory and that a part of the drive "went bad".
Thank you for replying.

I thought we disposed of it. It was outside on the porch in a plastic bag, and my mother claims that liquids are coming out of the device. I threw into the regular trash. What the hell was that?

I have no idea. However, I've seen some pretty hairy stuff myself(no pun intended). If it was leaky then maybe some caps broke and/or if condensation is present because it is outside and it drew the "liquid" out as it sat, you get an idea. I suspect maybe a capacitor blew and/or something having liquid. Since, its now gone, well you have a story to tell.

tada ------Willy

Definitely the ugliest/worst PCs I've ever seen...wow !

VAPCMD

well I prefer to forget everything about it.
Turns out, It was more likely for the liquid to have been cat piss.
Not quite like those pictures.
Sorry for making such a fuss.

That should have been quite odiferous.