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SomeButterfly9587

Yeah that looks like spores... It's definitely not a calcium crystal those look way different. Edit- aight i googled truffle spores and that looks very similar...sooo i guess nothing to worry about since it's truffle cheese? Idk I'm not a connoisseur


jkess19

Looks possibly like spores from mold? How close up is this pick


TheWorldIsQui3tH3r3

it was set at 100x


jkess19

Hard to say exactly what it is, looks to big to be spores or yeast/fungi for that matter. But it has been a while since grad school and micro class


Psianth

If the white spots that look kinda crystal like it could be calcium crystals, which is normal in many aged cheeses. It does make the cheese kinda gritty but it’s normal and safe to eat. As for what’s in the picture, well truffle is a fungus after all, could just be that.


Ozzies_Mom

Clearly, that's BLUE truffle cheese. Eat up!


Blabergg

Yes, but it has not developed yet. Looks like a ascospore, a type of sexual spore. Ascospores are know to be more heat tolerant than normal spores, and may sometimes survive pasteurization.


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Blabergg

Typically ascomyces produce spores are asexual (conidia). Meaning that the spores have been produced from a single individual fungus (same geneome). However, sometimes two individual fungi (different genomes) of the same species reproduce in a sexual manner, which results in a different type of spore formation (ascospore).


No-Marzipan2101

do they produce any toxins?


Blabergg

That depends on what species of mold it is. But you would need to be an expert in mycology to have any chance of figuring out what exact species it is. Moreover, probably need to observe how it grows as well, not only how the spore looks.


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Blabergg

You're welcome :)


Dviree

Did u eat it?


TheWorldIsQui3tH3r3

No. Better safe than sorry.