# Smoky mold?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoky-mold/19031
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 9, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoky-mold/19031 "2000-05-09T18:30:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoky-mold/19031/1 "2000-05-09T18:30:38Z")
Back around February I found an old piece of restraunt chocolate pie in my fridge still in its plastic container. It had a bit of mold on it. I was hungry, so …(not what you think), I placed it back into the fridge and forgot about it. Several months later, I found the pie again. It was almost completely green with mold. I thought it was neat so I kept it and showed it to friends. As it got greener, friends, co-workers, relatives would ask me about its progress. It was my little experiment.
Then I got a girlfriend. As she helped me clean my apartment, she insisted that I toss my beloved “green slice”! I took it outside and opened the container and it started smoking! It continued to smoke for about 10 seconds. Then, everytime I would tap the container, more smoke would come off. Holding it at arms length, I could still smell it.
So, whats with the smoke?
(Yes, I’m a bachelor)
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### Author:  [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoky-mold/19031/2 "2000-05-09T18:46:15Z")
My guess is that the ‘smoke’ you saw was actually mold spores.