I've never seen this kind of growth on a rotting onion. I touched it with a glove and its like crystallized caviar. Any help?
by _Quaddy
35 Comments
Advanced_Industry717
WHAT IS THAAAAATTTT😭😭😭😭😭
Similar_Leather_1107
Looks like bugs
SmallRocks
Caviar
Snowmins
Probably a hoard of fruit flies
notsleepy12
It’s possible something else dripped on it then hardened and caused it to rot. Looks like a sugar of some sort, maybe from fruit, bananas perhaps?
__-gloomy-__
I thought this was a crime seen photo—like a pile of rotting heads or something. Heart’s still racing
Final-Act-0000
Eat it
Let us know how that goes
Before the Rich take this from us too !
😂
gingybutt
Onion white rot maybe? Idk bro thats severe rot
PatrickJunk
I ran it through ChatGPT:
That black, almost granular growth pattern is characteristic of **black mold on onions**, specifically *Aspergillus niger*, a common fungus that causes what’s called **black mold rot**.
A few details that fit:
* The black bits often appear shiny or crystalline, almost like pepper granules or tiny beads. * They tend to cluster where the onion’s outer skin has broken down. * The surrounding whitish-gray mold and rot are also typical. * The fungus usually develops when onions are stored in warm, humid conditions or have been damaged.
It definitely didn’t “come out” as a secretion from inside the onion—it’s **fungal spores** forming on the surface. They can look deceptively like some foreign hardened substance but are actually the mold’s reproductive structures.
If anyone’s handling these, they should toss the whole bag immediately (mold spreads fast through the mesh) and wash their hands well afterward. *Aspergillus niger* spores can cause allergic or respiratory irritation in some people.
VALTIELENTINE
Mold
CPBS_Canada
Might want to crosspost it on r/Mold and r/MoldlyInteresting.
If it is Aspergillus niger, you should get rid of it ASAP while trying to handle it as little and as carefully as possible. Disturbing the structures will release mold spores, and no one needs black mold spores in their home.
Actually, you should do that regardless of what type of mold it is.
If this was in a humid spot in your home, you might already have black mold somewhere, and this grew from spores already in your home.
Jry_317
Looks like garbage to me
n2play
Just cut past it 🙂
Dontfeedthebears
Sadness. The answer is sadness.
DelectablyDivine
I do **not** love this onion!
ReneDiscard
Onions and potatoes have to be the two most nastiest things when they go bad.
never_exhale_cunt
dude NSFW tag!! I was not expecting to see straight up medical onion gore just now
DimDarkLight
Future resident evil find.
donotburnbridges
I honestly thought you put Pomegranate in an onion for a few seconds.
Silent-Hurry8377
Onion blight, all the onions are going to die in the whole world, look what you’ve unleashed upon us. Smh
Potential_Lychee3453
It’s laying eggs.
Mmjuser4life
Oof, black mold. Throw it out (like out of your house) quickly, but safely. These spores can travel fast
deadlizardqueen
Lobster eggs. Throw it back in the ocean
No-Mountain-5883
That is a bag of onions
Datumz_
Gross, that’s what it is.
No_Taste1698
I’m not saying I threw up, but I may have thrown up
spiflication
That’s T. Ocellus pretending to be an onion! Silly girl
35 Comments
WHAT IS THAAAAATTTT😭😭😭😭😭
Looks like bugs
Caviar
Probably a hoard of fruit flies
It’s possible something else dripped on it then hardened and caused it to rot. Looks like a sugar of some sort, maybe from fruit, bananas perhaps?
I thought this was a crime seen photo—like a pile of rotting heads or something. Heart’s still racing
Eat it
Let us know how that goes
Before the Rich take this from us too !
😂
Onion white rot maybe?
Idk bro thats severe rot
I ran it through ChatGPT:
That black, almost granular growth pattern is characteristic of **black mold on onions**, specifically *Aspergillus niger*, a common fungus that causes what’s called **black mold rot**.
A few details that fit:
* The black bits often appear shiny or crystalline, almost like pepper granules or tiny beads.
* They tend to cluster where the onion’s outer skin has broken down.
* The surrounding whitish-gray mold and rot are also typical.
* The fungus usually develops when onions are stored in warm, humid conditions or have been damaged.
It definitely didn’t “come out” as a secretion from inside the onion—it’s **fungal spores** forming on the surface. They can look deceptively like some foreign hardened substance but are actually the mold’s reproductive structures.
If anyone’s handling these, they should toss the whole bag immediately (mold spreads fast through the mesh) and wash their hands well afterward. *Aspergillus niger* spores can cause allergic or respiratory irritation in some people.
Mold
Might want to crosspost it on r/Mold and r/MoldlyInteresting.
If it is Aspergillus niger, you should get rid of it ASAP while trying to handle it as little and as carefully as possible. Disturbing the structures will release mold spores, and no one needs black mold spores in their home.
Actually, you should do that regardless of what type of mold it is.
If this was in a humid spot in your home, you might already have black mold somewhere, and this grew from spores already in your home.
Looks like garbage to me
Just cut past it 🙂
Sadness. The answer is sadness.
I do **not** love this onion!
Onions and potatoes have to be the two most nastiest things when they go bad.
dude NSFW tag!! I was not expecting to see straight up medical onion gore just now
Future resident evil find.
I honestly thought you put Pomegranate in an onion for a few seconds.
Onion blight, all the onions are going to die in the whole world, look what you’ve unleashed upon us. Smh
It’s laying eggs.
Oof, black mold. Throw it out (like out of your house) quickly, but safely. These spores can travel fast
Lobster eggs. Throw it back in the ocean
That is a bag of onions
Gross, that’s what it is.
I’m not saying I threw up, but I may have thrown up
That’s T. Ocellus pretending to be an onion! Silly girl
Is that not blight?
Extra seasoning
https://preview.redd.it/hen679tcestf1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4939351ee71d255d3a8f1d347c61992c807b1208
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A tragedy.
ROTTEN
fuck, this is gore
Onion smut, or “xonacoche” it’s actually a delicacy in some Central American cuisines and quite tasty.
/s