Hello everyone. I was enjoying a tomato salad I made for lunch today and noticed these black lined inside my tomato slices as I was eating it. Any idea what they might be and if they're safe to eat? Or am I looking at some kind of fungus here? The exterior of the tomatoes are all blemish free and evenly coloured - just the insides have these black lines. I've checked some of my other tomatoes and they have it too.
Any opinions appreciated!
Thanks!
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I suspect if the fruit were riper they would show signs of anthrachnose. Green fruit can be infected but the symptoms don't show up until the fruit ripens.
https://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell. ... o_Anth.htm
https://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell. ... o_Anth.htm
I’m fairly confident this was not the case with mine.imafan26 wrote:I suspect if the fruit were riper they would show signs of anthrachnose. Green fruit can be infected but the symptoms don't show up until the fruit ripens.
https://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell. ... o_Anth.htm
The exterior skin showed no signs of disease. It was only when cutting into the flesh you were able to see the black lines.
My tomatoes were a bit redder than the image in the original post, and my black lines were much darker as well.
Other than the weird lines, the tomatoes appeared very healthy.