Not bad answer denoob.
Sounds like powdery mildew to me. it grows on the surface of the leaf where mold is usually inside a bud. The way it effects the plant is only that it blocks photosynthesis from happening other then that its harmless. One way way to get rid of it is with a couple treatments of high pH water like 8.0 Mildew needs the right pH to grow just like your plants do. Spray with high pH water then the next day spray it with pH 5.8 water. Do it again in a couple days. If you cant get to the plants, say in a cabinet or something, sulfur will kill it too. Burn the sulfur ans use a fan to get the smoke all through the grow.