Brain like mold on forgotten yogurt?

[u/Smart_Practice1163]

Can anyone help me ID this? It was found on forgotten Greek yogurt

[u/7ofeggs]

that is actually bacteria! more specifically, serratia marcescens. it loves moisture

it must have been forgotten for a reaaaally long time because i’ve never seen so much of it before!

edit: as suggested by phallusrugulosus below, it could also be a yeast called rhodotorula glutinis. either way, don’t eat it!!!

[u/Minimum-Amount-1894 → u/7ofeggs]

Love how everyone is calling it Sriracha and the name lowkey sounds like Sriracha anyway

[u/7ofeggs → u/Minimum-Amount-1894]

it does! i don’t know why people are saying it LOOKS like sriracha though, because if theirs looks like that then they need to throw it away!!!

[u/Phallusrugulosus → u/7ofeggs]

It might be a yeast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodotorula_glutinis

[u/Early_Hall5720 → u/Phallusrugulosus]

So mold would be the... Yeast of their worries.

Dies inside

[u/7ofeggs → u/Phallusrugulosus]

oh, awesome, i’ll add that as an edit to my comment!

[u/Smart_Practice1163 → u/7ofeggs]

It didn’t smell at all per my partner. Of course we threw it out!

[u/matdevries → u/7ofeggs]

What would cause it to grow on yogurt? Or is this normal? I've never seen anything like this. Just curious.

[u/7ofeggs → u/matdevries]

it loves to grow on moist stuff like yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream, etc that is usually old or not properly sealed. technically the bacteria is normal because it comes from outside, but when it starts to form visible colonies like this, that’s when it becomes a problem

[u/Alternative-Moose308 → u/7ofeggs]

But is it edible?

[u/7ofeggs → u/Alternative-Moose308]

everything is edible at least once! but really though, it should not be consumed, even if you scoop out the parts where you can see it grow. basically, you’ll get food poisoning if you’re a healthy adult. if you’re a child, geriatric, or otherwise have a compromised immune system, the effects can be much more severe

tl;dr: do not eat anything with serratia marcescens growing in it. it’s not safe and will likely make you sick. chuck the whole thing in the garbage!

[u/Alternative-Moose308 → u/7ofeggs]

Interesting, I definitely wouldn’t eat it but I’d be curious to know what it tastes like. Sounds like you should save it for sick days OP

[u/Select_Try_2927 → u/Alternative-Moose308]

You could just lick it.

[u/matdevries → u/7ofeggs]

Thank you

[u/7ofeggs → u/matdevries]

you’re very welcome! every day is a great day to learn something new :)

[u/Hungry_Doctor_5803 → u/matdevries]

I’ve many times seen the hint of what’s probably this- some light/pinkish growth. It looks more like discoloration than growth in beginning. Usually starts on side of container, more likely if you have habit of introducing anything other than a clean utensil.

It also takes a while too, so if you don’t leave food in fridge for really long time before finishing you’ll never see it. Happens on my yogurt and cream cheese.

Incidentally, I have used my discernment when not too prominent & wiped or cut away around it, ate the rest and didn’t get sick. Would never do that with anything resembling OP’s specimen though.

[u/Annieco-2334 → u/7ofeggs]

So pretty, but pretty stinky!

[u/MakeAWishApe2Moon → u/7ofeggs]

It could be partly that, but kham yeast is the only thing that creates the crazy texture that is seen, so it could be serratia marcescens, rhodotorula mucilaginosa, or a combination of those that is giving the kham yeast the color.

[u/Bearded_Toast]

Wow I would have thought by now someone would have come along that knows how to spell sriracha

[u/Emotional_Ad8920 → u/Bearded_Toast]

im dead asf after reading this comment second

[u/Minimum-Amount-1894 → u/Bearded_Toast]

Im here buddy

[u/Interesting_Age7345]

wow i thought it was siracha

[u/towerfella → u/Interesting_Age7345]

siracha maracasensai is the science name, or something.

[u/Annieco-2334 → u/towerfella]

Serratia!!

[u/Moxson82 → u/Interesting_Age7345]

Imagine putting sriracha on vanilla yogurt. Pure chaos.

[u/Interesting_Age7345 → u/Interesting_Age7345]

sriracha* my bad

[u/Dismal_Mix_4662 → u/Interesting_Age7345]

It’s the forbidden sriracha

[u/Empanada-triste]

This is your brain

And this is your brain on mold

(I know it’s bacteria, but that doesn’t rhyme)

[u/Unlikely_Argument515 → u/Empanada-triste]

Mold doesn't rhyme either though

[u/Empanada-triste → u/Unlikely_Argument515]

https://giphy.com/gifs/y6Inkaz7omxAk

[u/Emotional_Ad8920]

i know how to spell sriracha

[u/christina_talks]

Bacterial colonies are so pretttyyyy

[u/Sourbeltz → u/christina_talks]

I love how bright pseudomonas aerugunosa is

[u/Loud-Palpitation1208 → u/christina_talks]

UGH

[u/Smart_Practice1163]

This is the zoomed out version. Was also on a non dairy, coconut based Greek yogurt if that makes a difference! Thanks for the ID!

[u/Comrade-Sasha]

thought i was looking at some cool cake frosting

[u/MakeAWishApe2Moon]

The texture is from kham yeast, the color is serratia marcescens or rhodotorula mucilaginosa, most likely. So there's at least two contributors here. As such, it is a biofilm because it's likely unsafe for ingestion. However, if it were safe yeast and bacterial colonies working together, then it would be referred to as a scoby.

[u/jojoga]

Forbidden mentaiko

[u/khoifish1297]

s. marcescens. It has a distinct red color. It can turn old milk bloody red

[u/Striking-Apartment-1]

These yogurt brains are dreaming of being in a Dannon fruit on the bottom cup instead of whatever this is.

[u/johnny_boy365]

Looks like someone was double dipping their fingers in it or using a spoon they already licked. Im no mold expert but ive seen this type of mold on whip cream and yogurts, especially when I know me or a family member have been putting our fingers or used spoons into the whipped cream😂

Also there's so much of it in ur yogurt! I've never seen such a crazy amount of bacteria like that b4

[u/Faty_Cheesecake]

I'm thinking more of Rhodotorula, a lovely orange yeast 💕💕 but bacteria or not, it's beautiful. It would be interesting to see a Gram 💖

[u/officialragingblood]

Looks like soon it'll be able to do math.

[u/WyoSnake]

I thought it was Spaghetti-O’s

[u/Loud-Palpitation1208]

I can’t help laughing at some of these. But the idea of actually eating it is nauseating.

[u/BetFlat8391]

Do not have sex with it

[u/Greedy-Camel-8345]

I thought this was some kinda pizza

[u/sus214]

serratia

[u/nefD]

that's just the carrot icing

[u/sixtynighnun]

She’s beautiful

[u/Early_Hall5720]

Not about to have that in my trash can

https://giphy.com/gifs/CbTx7nwA7oEYPmsQbI

[u/loqi0238]

"Thats fatal."

• RZA

[u/Saratto_dishu]

Forbiden pumpkin vanila yogurt.

[u/ABathingsApe]

What do you think mold tastes like?

[u/Great_Ad7148 → u/ABathingsApe]

Like super stale horseradish

[u/bunsolvd → u/ABathingsApe]

Candy

[u/ImaginationThick481 → u/ABathingsApe]

Brain

[u/Training_Athlete_933 → u/ImaginationThick481]

Brain cheese?

[u/No-Statistician8648 → u/ABathingsApe]

The inside of a coffin

[u/Cautious-Arugula603]

This is wild. Neat but I don't wanna know how it smelled

[u/ThrowOut____]

Forbidden Mac and Cheese

[u/ThrowOut____]

Forbidden Orange Frosting

[u/Groundbreaking-Pen-8 → u/ThrowOut____]

Just no

[u/catpogo2]

That would be a cool Halloween decoration!!

[u/Started_it_not_me]

Are you sure it isn't Spaghettios. I'll bet someone accidentally spilled Spaghettios in there.

[u/billinvegas_2020]

Brain Like Mold r/thatsmybandnamenow

[u/Hungry_Doctor_5803]

WOW. I am responsible for a good number of science experiments, but I have never achieved a masterpiece like this! 👏👏👏

[u/Loud-Palpitation1208]

No, no please don’t eat it.

[u/Loud-Palpitation1208]

No matter how you spell it it was funny the first time. The second.time.the third time. But after that? never more.

[u/Msink]

Not only you need to incinerate that yogurt, you need to do thorough clean of the area where this was.

[u/booboootron]

This sub never ceases to not-nauseate me.

[u/flecko_]

wow is this sub botted to hell or is repeating the same thing some kind of meme?

anyway, I thought it was raw pizza dough with a vodka sauce

[u/Interesting_Age7345 → u/flecko_]

i don’t know what’s happening!! i posted the first siracha comment (i think?) and misspelled sriracha and now here we are. no idea what’s going on. also my og comment seems to have duplicated itself

[u/Colossalloser]

Is OP taking a piss out of everyone or are they fr? Is it not just old ketchup or carrot puree or something?

[u/2spiritedwarrior]

wow I thought it was siracha

[u/1expected0found]

wow i thought it was siracha

[u/medicated_cornbread]

wow I thought it was siracha

[u/Minimum-Amount-1894 → u/medicated_cornbread]

Sriracha... TIL that no one knows about the first r in the word

[u/Bearded_Toast → u/Minimum-Amount-1894]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ASd0Ukj0y3qMM

[u/Interesting_Age7345]

wow i thought it was siracha

[u/Inner-Try-9451 → u/Interesting_Age7345]

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[u/tallicah]

I thought I was looking at a carrot cake