Yeast starter smells like cardboard?!?!?

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Any thoughts? It had been taking a slower time to get going vs. my bavarian lager wyeast starter, so I took a sniff and smelt cardboard. It's a belgian saison yeast from white labs. Cause for major concern?
 
Cardboard usually means oxidation, which is something you want as much of as possible in a starter. Decant off the spent wort and you should be fine.
 

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