Is this pepper safe to eat?

[Yumyumyellow]

I took a bite of my first Cleo's dragon today, and noticed a little unsettling color inside... i cut it open and voila.

My question is, is this safe to eat? it looks like it had some kind of pepper endometriosis and i'm not sure if the black stuff is a fungal infection. the white stuff appears to be crystalline looking as well.

Thanks in advance!

oh, also... there were no visable holes or wounds to the pod.

 

[muskymojo]

I'm not sure what it is, but it looks nasty and I would throw it away.

 

[Prehensile]

I wouldn't eat it.

 

[Limonaid]

Do not eat that. Healthy peppers (at least the ones I am familiar with) do not look like that inside.

 

[Yumyumyellow]

the bite i did take was glorious but lacking in heat and now i'm starting to feel like some sort of sickness is coming on. thanks guys!

 

[ThePepperManiac]

that looks like you are gonna get pretty sick if you ate any of that good luck

 

[SadisticPeppers]

Don't eat it. That looks downright nasty...

 

[Yumyumyellow]

guess i learned the hard way to cut open and look before you eat... i have this strange feeling like i'm about to start hallucinating at any moment

 

[Fremp]

HELL YA....you found this....You better share next time!

 

[ThePepperManiac]

guess i learned the hard way to cut open and look before you eat... i have this strange feeling like i'm about to start hallucinating at any moment

sounds fun! lol i wanna hallucinate can i have some shrooms um i mean peppers

 

[Yumyumyellow]

If I found that pepper I'd be RICH!!! Haha I inspected another pod to check if it was a localized pod and seems like it was just that one.

 

[HotPeppas]

Hallucinogenic peppers!!! Lmao

A new billion dollar industry ah brewin

 

[OROZCONLECHE]

Ill Take an 1/8th .....I mean a Pepper You do SASE? lol

 

[megahot]

Yuck! I wouldnt touch that thing with a 10 ft pole! That says a lot since I love peppers!

 

[biscgolf]

won't kill you but may turn the old tummy a bit... seems to be most common in habanero types in our climate, worst in the orange ones imo... is generally an isolated pod rather than affecting a whole plant...

 

[Yumyumyellow]

Thanks biscgolf!! I can see why miss Cleo is one of your fave's... It was so delicious I was about to say screw it and eat it anyway. So far it's the most prolific and tastiest of all my plants.

 

[Beelzeboss]

HELL YA....you found this....You better share next time!

first thing ive thought of lol u beat me to it

 

[PepTalk]

I can see it now, everybody will be going to the local Weed, I mean Pepper dispensary to by tacos!

 

[sassyhott33]

Ewww ... It looks nasty .. glad you didn't eat that

 

[Yumyumyellow]

I'm totally eating the next one like that... They're so darn good!