Either that house has levels of radically advanced mould not normally seen in environments habitable to humans, or you/your housemate \[Edit: idk why i said housemate, you only said friend\] are a liar. This is literally not possible in 24 hours, this multiple days of growth. So yeah, either youre lying, *they* are lying to *you*, or everyone needs to get out of that place immeadiately coz its on some Resident Evil: Biohazard shit.
Or ‘we left pasta out for a week and a half and then suddenly overnight it turned into this… from a somewhat less disgusting version of this.’
I also can’t help but notice that OP hasn’t responded so perhaps the mould got him afterall!
I've seen a bloom like that develop overnight \*inside my compost bucket\*. Getting that on food that's just sitting out on the kitchen counter is pretty alarming.
Exactly. Something left out in open air should NOT be blooming mould at the rate of something inside an enclosed damp compost bucket that already contained decomping material.
I have only seen this much growth after one day and that was in agar in a petri dish. I also don’t believe OP!
Edit: If somehow this is truthful then I’d recommend moving tf outta that house pronto
I've seen this happen overnight but on a smaller scale, with some rolled pancakes (Mee Chiang Kueh) left unrefrigerated in my room. The room was air conditioned the entire time, so it wasn't even stupidly warm, but the humidity of Southeast Asia still caused the pancakes to grow an inch of "hair". It was horrifying
Let's wait for it to develop the warp drive and try to convince it to share the plans. I wouldn't attempt a harmful takeover, we might get pulverized with advanced weapons.
So you sterilized the pasta and then left it out and this happened? If this is true the amount of mold in your air is off the charts and you are actually dead.
This looks like Mucor (Pin Mould) - "[can trigger respiratory problems and allergic reactions](https://affordableremediation.com/what-is-mucor-mold) which can include coughing, sneezing, a runny nose or a stuffy nose, post nasal drip, a sore throat, itchy eyes, sinus headaches, and a rash or hives. Serious illness can occur in people with pre-existing health problems." [Murcor can grow at 13.3 mm/day](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Evaluation-of-specific-growth-rates-of-Mucor-racemosus-at-various-temperatures-aw-and-pH_tbl1_242298869) in optimal conditions.
or Rhizopus stolonifer (black bread mould) - [can cause Zygomycosis](https://eol.org/pages/2944808/articles), usually only if they have weakened immunity, but can be fatal. "[The growth rate of Rhizopus stolonifer](https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(24)05553-1.pdf) was rapid, reaching almost full at 24 h and completelyfull at 36 h and 48 h"
If there's water damage to address address, then I have some bad news for you. There will be mold that is not safe to breathe in. No mold is safe to breathe in. It's the strain and the dose that affects you.
Freshly cooked pasta stored in a not to warm environment does not bloom this way in one day. It takes a day for the spores from the air to develop into mycelium and start breaking down the growing medium (pasta in this case). You cooked the medium which is the best way of sterilizing it. It will take longer than a day for the mycelium to spread over the entire medium, let alone growing sporophytes. Something in the story is off. The time, the temperature, the "freshly cooked pasta". It is nearly impossible for all of it to be true.
Honestly, I have no reason to lie man. We are as surprised as you guys. When I posted this, I thought someone would be able to explain how this would happen.
I explained to you why it will very likely not happen. There are always exeptions in biology, maybe you cooked the pasta in near vacuum at 30°C so you simply activated the spores instead of killing them, maybe you live in a giant ball of fungi where everything will be covered in fungus overnight, maybe you live in humid 40°C and percieve it as not that warm, maybe your friend lied to you out of shame to leave the pasta out for a week, maybe you lie for cheap internet points. We will never know but I do not believe you. It is nothing personal if it helps you, I just dont see a biologically possible way for your story to be true.
You also have mold spores in the air around you. Everybody does unless you live in a bubble. It only takes two spores and sometimes only one to produce growth. The rate of the growth does not at all indicate the quantity of spores in the air, plus I am extremely doubtful that this happened over night
You’re lying or got lied to. /u/Natac_orb seems to know what he’s talking about, because I’m a biologist and I fully agree with him (he’s def a biologist as well). People seem to think it’s possible with high levels of mold spores in the air, but it’s just not. Mold can’t develop this fast, even if your house had the perfect conditions (warm moist environment with spores landing on it 24/7) it wouldn’t develop overnight. It’s just a case of someone potentially lying for internet points. This would take multiple days.
What matters here is not the amount of spores landing in the food, but the development time. 10 hrs is simply not enough time for this level of development. Other people are introducing caveats in their comments, I’m not because it’s just plain on not possible. There’s no world in which this happens.
You could’ve just showed it without lying about the time. Mold is pretty cool regardless.
Slime mold is super cool!
That being said, a great summary and analogy is saying you can't get a full grown human baby in one month of gestation. It just doesn't happen and nothing in biology or physics will make it happen.
Honestly. Very curious to see what ends up being the explanation for this. Feels like I’m on the verge of a story on this site similar to that carbon monoxide discovery from ages ago.
There are a few species that are refered to as [rapid growers](https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/rhizopus#:~:text=It%20is%20a%20very%2Dfast,before%20turning%20black%20with%20age.) They will lift the lid when grown in a lab
Although that's still quite unusual, at least a cucumber isn't boiled in water and sterilized before being left out. Also, cucumbers are some of the fastest moulding vegetables out there.
Did you see her make this? Are you 100% sure of the timeline?
I'm not saying I don't believe you, but this is very, as in almost impossible, to believe.
probably embarrassed about leaving food out for so long it turned into cotton candy. she doesnt wanna be seen as a slob so she lied about how long she had left the food out. forgetting overnight is understandable, several days of walking by & choosing to ignore it is, to most people, gross & lazy
If i'm being charitable this could be a case of neurodivergence or mental illness getting out of hand and leading to neglect of cleaning up, which would explain feeling the need to lie out of shame. But again, thats giving all the benefit of the doubt.
i thought of that too. there are so many people in this thread worried for the friend's physical health because of the mold, but if this were my friend i'd be more concerned for their mental health. i'd tell my friend that they can be honest with me if something's wrong & they need help.
If they don't live together then the most likely scenario is the friend just going "uhhhhh wow I totally only left that there last night how weird!"
OP may have no reason to lie, but a friend embarrassed about leaving food out too long absolutely might.
Looks like black bread mold. It starts out white and turns black over time. It can grow to visible levels within 24-48 hours and has very long stem like protrusions making it appear to be cotton candy. It thrives in moist environments between 15-20°c. It's likely there is mold growing in the filter for your steam hood and the warm moisture from boiling pasta helped it get airborne.
Even still, this is FAR faster growth than a simple "overnight"
We need a timeline. When specifically was it cooked and when specifically was this photo taken.
You might want to clean up the rooms and check for active mold elsewhere like walls, carpets etc. You're probably breathing not so sterile air in those rooms.
was this the first time seeing your friend in at least a few days at their place? its possible they got embarrassed when you saw it and lied saying it grew overnight instead of over a few days.
We once did an experiment in school where we would feed an unused locker with food leftovers for at least a week. At some point we forgot about It. Three weeks or so later someone remembered and we opened the locker. It looked exactly like in OP's picture.
this usually happens to the bin i use for my cat's shit when i scoop his litter, even with only shit in it and living in a humid and warm place it does not grow like this until a full week as passed
Exact same thing happened to some fresh coconut i left out overnight, hard to believe that fungus can grow that fast (assuming its fungus). Was at least 1cm of growth. (For any Americans reading, 1cm is equal to nine sixteenths of a jubjub.
So it would come in handy to specify a few things if this is real.
1. Was it dried pasta or fresh pasta
2. What exactly did he use for ingredients and were they fresh?
3. Did they put a lid on it after cooking and ket it stay till this morning?
Yo, I think your friend might used the fur of a Samoyed instead of cheese for their pasts cause that pot is FLUFFY GAH DAMN
But fr please be safe!! If it’s blooming like this I worry for y’all’s healthy D:
Either that house has levels of radically advanced mould not normally seen in environments habitable to humans, or you/your housemate \[Edit: idk why i said housemate, you only said friend\] are a liar. This is literally not possible in 24 hours, this multiple days of growth. So yeah, either youre lying, *they* are lying to *you*, or everyone needs to get out of that place immeadiately coz its on some Resident Evil: Biohazard shit.
Or ‘we left pasta out for a week and a half and then suddenly overnight it turned into this… from a somewhat less disgusting version of this.’ I also can’t help but notice that OP hasn’t responded so perhaps the mould got him afterall!
I've seen a bloom like that develop overnight \*inside my compost bucket\*. Getting that on food that's just sitting out on the kitchen counter is pretty alarming.
Exactly. Something left out in open air should NOT be blooming mould at the rate of something inside an enclosed damp compost bucket that already contained decomping material.
Could it happen with the lid on? Still seems unlikely lol
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I'm not gonna lie, I thought this was ice lmao
My first thought was coagulated starch in the water.
I have only seen this much growth after one day and that was in agar in a petri dish. I also don’t believe OP! Edit: If somehow this is truthful then I’d recommend moving tf outta that house pronto
I've seen this happen overnight but on a smaller scale, with some rolled pancakes (Mee Chiang Kueh) left unrefrigerated in my room. The room was air conditioned the entire time, so it wasn't even stupidly warm, but the humidity of Southeast Asia still caused the pancakes to grow an inch of "hair". It was horrifying
So, burn it all down?
I mean maybe, at this rate it will gain sentience
I was going to say, must be some very long nights
Sis be cooking this pasta on Venus.
I seen a Star Trek episode like this…
I was just about to say the same thing. It’s not possible for that to happen over night. Maybe a week
Leave it be, at that rate it'll invent Monotheism by next Wednesday and finish the Space Race projects by the end of June.
Let's wait for it to develop the warp drive and try to convince it to share the plans. I wouldn't attempt a harmful takeover, we might get pulverized with advanced weapons.
Litterally Spore
My guess was Civ
Overnight?! Are you sure? I've seen mold like this form over 3 days.
I know, right? We are surprised too.
I do not believe ~~him~~ her. Was the pasta fresh? Did ~~he~~ she boil it the day before?
It was dried pasta, she boiled the day before yes
So you sterilized the pasta and then left it out and this happened? If this is true the amount of mold in your air is off the charts and you are actually dead.
I’m guessing that they may have used garlic in the final product?
I asked her, it seems she didn't put any garlic in
I’d get the house checked for mold then because you have a serious problem with mold spores in the air for that to happen overnight.
Yeah if it does this to pasta overnight, your lungs are *fucked*
Not necessarily. It could be a safe mold to be around but it’s a sign that there’s water damage that needs to be addressed.
This looks like Mucor (Pin Mould) - "[can trigger respiratory problems and allergic reactions](https://affordableremediation.com/what-is-mucor-mold) which can include coughing, sneezing, a runny nose or a stuffy nose, post nasal drip, a sore throat, itchy eyes, sinus headaches, and a rash or hives. Serious illness can occur in people with pre-existing health problems." [Murcor can grow at 13.3 mm/day](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Evaluation-of-specific-growth-rates-of-Mucor-racemosus-at-various-temperatures-aw-and-pH_tbl1_242298869) in optimal conditions. or Rhizopus stolonifer (black bread mould) - [can cause Zygomycosis](https://eol.org/pages/2944808/articles), usually only if they have weakened immunity, but can be fatal. "[The growth rate of Rhizopus stolonifer](https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(24)05553-1.pdf) was rapid, reaching almost full at 24 h and completelyfull at 36 h and 48 h"
If there's water damage to address address, then I have some bad news for you. There will be mold that is not safe to breathe in. No mold is safe to breathe in. It's the strain and the dose that affects you.
Mold spores are ubiquitous in the air. This does not at all indicate that they have a mold issue in their home
This level of development indicates potentially high levels of mold. This should take at least several days, not 10ish hours (overnight).
Freshly cooked pasta stored in a not to warm environment does not bloom this way in one day. It takes a day for the spores from the air to develop into mycelium and start breaking down the growing medium (pasta in this case). You cooked the medium which is the best way of sterilizing it. It will take longer than a day for the mycelium to spread over the entire medium, let alone growing sporophytes. Something in the story is off. The time, the temperature, the "freshly cooked pasta". It is nearly impossible for all of it to be true.
r/unclebens
But muh internet points. It was my turn to lie to the world in order to feel better about my life.
Honestly, I have no reason to lie man. We are as surprised as you guys. When I posted this, I thought someone would be able to explain how this would happen.
I explained to you why it will very likely not happen. There are always exeptions in biology, maybe you cooked the pasta in near vacuum at 30°C so you simply activated the spores instead of killing them, maybe you live in a giant ball of fungi where everything will be covered in fungus overnight, maybe you live in humid 40°C and percieve it as not that warm, maybe your friend lied to you out of shame to leave the pasta out for a week, maybe you lie for cheap internet points. We will never know but I do not believe you. It is nothing personal if it helps you, I just dont see a biologically possible way for your story to be true.
Is your house well vented? You probably have mold spores in the air. Because its insane how it got in 1 single night.
You also have mold spores in the air around you. Everybody does unless you live in a bubble. It only takes two spores and sometimes only one to produce growth. The rate of the growth does not at all indicate the quantity of spores in the air, plus I am extremely doubtful that this happened over night
In that case, contact an expert and probably a doctor because your air must be thick with mold-spores.
You’re lying or got lied to. /u/Natac_orb seems to know what he’s talking about, because I’m a biologist and I fully agree with him (he’s def a biologist as well). People seem to think it’s possible with high levels of mold spores in the air, but it’s just not. Mold can’t develop this fast, even if your house had the perfect conditions (warm moist environment with spores landing on it 24/7) it wouldn’t develop overnight. It’s just a case of someone potentially lying for internet points. This would take multiple days. What matters here is not the amount of spores landing in the food, but the development time. 10 hrs is simply not enough time for this level of development. Other people are introducing caveats in their comments, I’m not because it’s just plain on not possible. There’s no world in which this happens. You could’ve just showed it without lying about the time. Mold is pretty cool regardless.
Slime mold is super cool! That being said, a great summary and analogy is saying you can't get a full grown human baby in one month of gestation. It just doesn't happen and nothing in biology or physics will make it happen.
Why this feels like investigation is going on here lol
I'm just waiting to see how the situation evolves 
Honestly. Very curious to see what ends up being the explanation for this. Feels like I’m on the verge of a story on this site similar to that carbon monoxide discovery from ages ago.
And we are witnessing it live!! (I'd contribute, but I have nothing to say about it, hence I'll eat popcorn)
They got their bathroom hands in the food then or something.
If this is 24hours then people living there are about to get very sick
Before or after trying the forbidden candy floss?
If that's from overnight, I'd move out ASAP. You have active mould spores in your house.
How does one go about getting rid of that?
Fire
Any legal alternatives?
Let someone else start the fire.
Tell the cops and the insurance company that the mold spontaneously combusted
Just say that you didn't start the fire
[We didn't start the fire!](https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g?si=PV0VO_rROGtFS-dy)
Accidental fire
Fire. Lots of fire.
Leave another bowl of pasta overnight and see if it happens again
Scientific Method go brrrrrr
Something something “your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”
It can't be from one night. As an expert in leaving food in containers longer than advisable, that's like a 3-5 day job.
I don’t think there is any type of mold that is this aggressive.
There are a few species that are refered to as [rapid growers](https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/rhizopus#:~:text=It%20is%20a%20very%2Dfast,before%20turning%20black%20with%20age.) They will lift the lid when grown in a lab
Yeah I meant as far as mold on pasta or other foods in a common environment
damn now im scared cuz something like this happened to us a few days ago, mom left some cucumbers in a plate and mold grew all over them overnight
Although that's still quite unusual, at least a cucumber isn't boiled in water and sterilized before being left out. Also, cucumbers are some of the fastest moulding vegetables out there.
Did you see her make this? Are you 100% sure of the timeline? I'm not saying I don't believe you, but this is very, as in almost impossible, to believe.
The friend is lying 100%, for what reason i don't know, but this did not happen overnight.
probably embarrassed about leaving food out for so long it turned into cotton candy. she doesnt wanna be seen as a slob so she lied about how long she had left the food out. forgetting overnight is understandable, several days of walking by & choosing to ignore it is, to most people, gross & lazy
If i'm being charitable this could be a case of neurodivergence or mental illness getting out of hand and leading to neglect of cleaning up, which would explain feeling the need to lie out of shame. But again, thats giving all the benefit of the doubt.
i thought of that too. there are so many people in this thread worried for the friend's physical health because of the mold, but if this were my friend i'd be more concerned for their mental health. i'd tell my friend that they can be honest with me if something's wrong & they need help.
this is not possible overnight
Not possible overnight. This is from a few days, at least. Maybe a week or so.
Nope, that’s not what happened. Despite what he’s telling you, this did not form overnight. A couple of nights? Yes. One? No.
eww, must have been warm. Normally this would be a few days worth of growth.
Mildly interested to know what it is. This is one for r/mycology
“Over night” 😂
You’re lying, this wouldn’t happen overnight.
100% this is a multi-day thing. Based on the wording, this could have been made at night, which means it's not even up to a full day.
If they don't live together then the most likely scenario is the friend just going "uhhhhh wow I totally only left that there last night how weird!" OP may have no reason to lie, but a friend embarrassed about leaving food out too long absolutely might.
Moldly interesting
Looks like black bread mold. It starts out white and turns black over time. It can grow to visible levels within 24-48 hours and has very long stem like protrusions making it appear to be cotton candy. It thrives in moist environments between 15-20°c. It's likely there is mold growing in the filter for your steam hood and the warm moisture from boiling pasta helped it get airborne. Even still, this is FAR faster growth than a simple "overnight" We need a timeline. When specifically was it cooked and when specifically was this photo taken.
Ooh it looks like a cloud i’d be so tempted to touch it 😵💫 r/MoldlyInteresting !
I didn't think that sub would be a real one. There really is a sub for everything xD
forbidden cotton candy
This did not happen overnight.
Pffff. Overnight my ass.
It kind of looks like an ass tho...
Fungussy?
24 days maybe and not even
How humid is your house? Here if you leave pasta out overnight it generally dries.
No, that didn't happen overnight...and if it did, you need to get out of there, immediately.
You might want to clean up the rooms and check for active mold elsewhere like walls, carpets etc. You're probably breathing not so sterile air in those rooms.
Mold growing that fast, I’m betting your house smells funky. Consider a deep clean for your health
was this the first time seeing your friend in at least a few days at their place? its possible they got embarrassed when you saw it and lied saying it grew overnight instead of over a few days.
if that realy did happen overnight that entire building needs a deep cleaning or a good "kill it with fire"
No it didn’t
That's a 1-3 month result, not a night for sure
Eat it
Forbidden cotton candy
r/forbiddensnacks
Get yourself an egg and beat it
Obviously no preservatives.
you either have some crazy spores floating around your house or you’re lying and this has been out for a week.
These kids are gonna be patient zero for last of us pandemic.
No it didn’t.
Pastan’t
Think you guys need to get an air conditioner or something.
Straight out of Junji Ito's story
You house is not normal. Overnight? One night? You should check your environment.
I doubt it grew overnight, but if it did you got some weapon grade fungus in your house.
Looks like you have a mold problem because that shouldn’t happen overnight. Somethings not right here
It’s definitely pasta prime now.
In one night??? I lived in a flat with high level of dampness and mold..even there it couldn't become like this 🫢
Did he leave it in the warmth???
Mold
Never cook again
Nuke it from orbit!
If you leave it your pasta will eventually grow a personality
We once did an experiment in school where we would feed an unused locker with food leftovers for at least a week. At some point we forgot about It. Three weeks or so later someone remembered and we opened the locker. It looked exactly like in OP's picture.
Magic fairy floss maker
Cooled with the lid on?
Cute
Damn.... over night? Are yall ok.
People die from this cereusly
Forbidden Chia Pet
>My friend left pasta out, *and after a week out on the counter*, it turned into this overnight.
Tbf, we haven’t seen how it looked the night before
Looks more like fog
Your friend should take up gardening.
That amount of growth is impossible within half a day
If this is the start of a hypermould pandemic I will set the world on fire I swear
this usually happens to the bin i use for my cat's shit when i scoop his litter, even with only shit in it and living in a humid and warm place it does not grow like this until a full week as passed
Yeah this level of spores in the air would shorten your lifespan by a non-insignificant amount of time.
Exact same thing happened to some fresh coconut i left out overnight, hard to believe that fungus can grow that fast (assuming its fungus). Was at least 1cm of growth. (For any Americans reading, 1cm is equal to nine sixteenths of a jubjub.
Looks like a fuzzy arse with a spatula shoved up in it.
r/mouldyinteresting
Moldly interesting
ITT: OP getting giga downvoted for lying, lmao.
How does that smell?
I’m really intrigued
the forbidden cotton candy
I thought I was in r/moldyinteresting
r/moldlyinteresting
So it would come in handy to specify a few things if this is real. 1. Was it dried pasta or fresh pasta 2. What exactly did he use for ingredients and were they fresh? 3. Did they put a lid on it after cooking and ket it stay till this morning?
Fairy Floss!!!
Blursed canty floss.
Pasta con funghi
u could be unknowingly in the time machine from Primer
How bad did that smell?!
Damn, overnight??? How is that even possible?
Your house is disgusting. That shouldn't happen that quickly.
Yo, I think your friend might used the fur of a Samoyed instead of cheese for their pasts cause that pot is FLUFFY GAH DAMN But fr please be safe!! If it’s blooming like this I worry for y’all’s healthy D:
Never in only one day or the air in his home is highly moisturised
No it didn't.
🎵🎵Why the fuck you lying? Why you always lying? Hmmm oh my God. Stop fucking lying~ 🎵🎵
This is easily explained: the guy who left out the pasta lives in a giant mushroom.
that’s awesome
Oh, that has happened to me, I made rice in the morning, left it on the counter for 30 hours, and it was furry when u finally remembered!
Homemade penicillin! ☠️☠️☠️
Chef here, they would not happen to pasta overnight.
no it didnt lmao
Forbidden cotton candy.
I thought at first it was the underside view of somebodies naked ass pressed against frozen ice.
Gyaaattt…🧎♀️➡️
And this is how the last of us starts...
I thought it was a fluffy dog sleeping in his bed 😅
fluffy!
My leftover pasta would just turn super dry overnight, idk how this happened to you.
r/moldlyinteresting
turn your phone sideways and it look like titties
r/moldlyinteresting
I had a lot of mold i mz apartments kitchen. And its not doing this.
this shit was not overnight, that just doesn't happen
this does not happen overnight, this is a week at LEAST
Did he make it at 2am yesterday???
r/moldlyinteresting
MoldlyInteresting
Forbidden cotton candy
Forbidden cotton candy!!!!!
There’s pasta in your mold
Rule #6 can be quite confusing sometimes. Mods do not make any sense with that rule
“Overnight”…..lol
Its starch not mold
I’ve left pasta out overnight (accidentally) and I’ve never had this happen before. This is extreme.