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pests Anyone recognize this Aji chile problem? Fungus? Disease? Pest?

Just want to find out if I should remove the affected pods when I see them or not worry about it.  I've noticed this only on one Aji Amarillo and one Aji Pineapple plant, so far.  Some of the chiles develop these brown or black'ish streaks.  It doesn't behave like BER at all.  The plants themselves are otherwise completely healthy with good foliage.
 
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If left alone, they will usually go full ripe with healthy looking seeds and just have what amounts to a bad spot.  We've had a particularly wet summer and I'm wondering if the Aji variety deal with that worse than other plants.
 
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I've had some Aji Lemon Drops sort of look like that. When they're ripe it almost looks like it's bruised from the inside.
But it's pretty faint, and I haven't noticed any problems with it. They don't seem to rot even if left on the plant a while.
I don't know, I just figured it was because of all the rain we've been getting.
 
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