I had this happen with a cutting as well. I tried everything from coating the cutting in wax, to bleach rinses, to hydrogen peroxide dips. Nothing worked. I finally took the cutting and buried it an inch deep in new soil mix and waited. In time I saw roots, and a week or so later I got a shoot pop out of the mix.
My guess was that since I only saw the mold above the soil line like you, that was the good environment for the mold. So, I changed its environment. I have no idea if it was causal or not, but for me it worked.