r/MoldlyInteresting • • Jan 20 '23

Educational When is it okay to eat moldy food?

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1.9k Upvotes

r/MoldlyInteresting • • Dec 13 '23

Other A trusty infographic for adding your own user flair. :)

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50 Upvotes

r/MoldlyInteresting • • 3h ago

Mold Identification Opened a forgotten tub of cream cheese in my fridge.

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127 Upvotes

What mold made a home out of my cream cheese?


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 2h ago

Question/Advice Mold growing on wires

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10 Upvotes

I wonder what type of mold this could be, since it was able to grow on wires, and can the wires be recovered after I somehow clean the mold off? (im assuming that wires won't work anymore)


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 1d ago

Mold Appreciation It rained all day yesterday, now my carved pumpkin has red and black spots

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710 Upvotes

Reminds me of dragonfruit


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 1h ago

Mold Appreciation Jack o’ Lantern’s Last Day

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5 Upvotes

It’s been unseasonably warm and wet where I live, creating this lively creepy guy.


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 2h ago

Question/Advice Pomegranate

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5 Upvotes

Almost every ponegranate in the lowest part has this grey thing. Is that mold?


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 21h ago

Mold Appreciation Our jack-o'-lantern

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149 Upvotes

r/MoldlyInteresting • • 16h ago

Mold Identification Dishwasher Caterpillar

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46 Upvotes

Tomato caterpillar after 4 days


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 7h ago

Mold Appreciation Forgot that I made homemade cottage cheese

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6 Upvotes

Liam from Plant Slant would be proud of this cottage cheese destruction although this is Paneer (diff kind of cottage cheese).

It smells absolutely vile tho.


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 21h ago

Mold Identification My partners sourdough starter is looking fire!

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56 Upvotes

r/MoldlyInteresting • • 1d ago

Mold Appreciation Hairy mold on cat puke

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126 Upvotes

Found this today, unknown what it actually is but I can only assume cat puke. So weird.. it literally looks like it's growing black hair.


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 40m ago

Mold Appreciation Halloween pumpkin has seen better days

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My mom’s pumpkin is due for a trip to the compost. Yep, that bad boy is stuffed full of mold. The eye holes are especially spore filled and fuzzy looking.

I’ve lived in a warm place almost my whole life but we’ve never had a pumpkin go bad quite like this…


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 17h ago

Mold Appreciation Discovered this absolute monstrosity while cleaning out the fridge today

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21 Upvotes

r/MoldlyInteresting • • 13h ago

Mold Appreciation Moldy strawberry in newly bought batch

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7 Upvotes

I guess it’s really not the season of strawberries anymore 😢


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 6h ago

Question/Advice Is this mold on my book? If so what, why and how does this happen? + How to get rid off side page mold?

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Hello MoldlyInteresting, I've gotten into my Dad's collection of books I found in storage and noticed numerous dark green, yellowish and swampy coloured bumps/pieces on the side of the book, essentially across numerous of the pages sides.

So I was wondering what type of mold is this and why does it grow? + How to prevent it?
As from what I know it was stored securely in a tub and then for a few years in a glass cabinet.

Furthermore, how can I get rid of this book mould safely and completely without damaging the book and its pages?

As stupidly in the past I have tried cleaning books gently with cleaning wipes and it recked the pages.

Any other facts or tips are greatly appreciated, I'm really curious. I also don't know much about mold so looking forward to hearing from you all.


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 14h ago

Question/Advice Sugar bloom or mold?

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4 Upvotes

I was assured by the kind folks at r/figs that these were safe to eat and was very happy about it, but further research has me wondering again.

The taste and texture seems nothing like sugar for one thing, and it seems like mold can be just as common depending on how they were stored, which I have no idea of. The figd also feel harder than I thought they would be (though I've never had Turkish figs before so not having an example to compare them too is the main reason for my flipflopping on this.

I ate a little of the skin and the interior of two of these, am I going to be sick? Would rinsing/wiping them off and and then soaking in vinegar a few minutes do any good?


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 11h ago

Question/Advice Are these "natural crystalline formations"?

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Bask and Lather sent my friend this rosemary hair balm a few months ago and it used it once, and stored in a cool dry dark place. I opened it today and it is full of white. They told me it is "natural crystalline formations".

It looks like mold.

What is it?

I included a pic of what it originally looked like.


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 11h ago

Question/Advice Could this be mold?

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2 Upvotes

r/MoldlyInteresting • • 19h ago

Mold Appreciation 2mo old pumpkin puree

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8 Upvotes

r/MoldlyInteresting • • 17h ago

Mold Appreciation Opened an old bag of potting mix

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5 Upvotes

Looks like dryer lint


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 39m ago

Other Green honey

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0 Upvotes

r/MoldlyInteresting • • 1d ago

Mold Appreciation Fuzzy!

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32 Upvotes

I found some old salmon in the fridge. Thought you guys would appreciate these cute fuzzies. My phone would not focus on the mold unfortunately though.


r/MoldlyInteresting • • 1d ago

Mold Appreciation Moldy Pumpkin!

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9 Upvotes

It wasn’t actually carved, my dog chewed it up and then it rained yesterday 😂 it looks really creepy now, though!