Our planet is such an amazing place. There are so many wonders surrounding us, and yet still so much that remains unknown, just waiting to be discovered. Interestingly, some of the most fascinating things are right at our fingertips.

An online group called "Moldly Interesting" is a great example of that! With over 250k active members, the community proves that something as ordinary as mold can still surprise us. This is the place dedicated to the most "moldy" content, where people share some intriguing-looking forms of mold. Scroll down and check out the list of images we've prepared for you, and we guarantee you will be asking yourself, "What have I just seen?"

Also, if you’re interested in learning some cool facts about mold, we have reached out to Dasha Plesen, who is an expert in this field, so make sure to read our interview.

#1 A Tin Of Cat Food Left Out Created Some Bizarre And Creepy Mold

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#2 This Jack O Lantern With Mold Growing From Inside

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#3 I Had Prepared A Few Agar Plates And Stored Them In A Poorly Sterilized Bag For A While. Now It Has Become Art

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Bored Panda recently connected with Dasha Plesen, an artist known for creating mesmerizing art pieces with mold as their centerpiece. On her Instagram profile, the artist shares process videos as well as photos showcasing the final results of her work. Dasha's molds take on different forms, textures, and colors, serving as inspiration for her ongoing creations.

Initially, the artist preserves her samples by encapsulating them in resin. Later, the visual outcomes of these creations take on a new life, transforming into colorful prints on fabric, framed pieces of art, and stylish home decor.

#4 Black Pin Mold That Spawned From A Bowl Of Cat Food That Has Been Soaked In Water For A Few Weeks

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#5 Mold

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#6 Pineapple With A Staring Problem

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We were extremely curious to find out how Plesen became interested in using mold as a medium in her artwork. She shared with us: “Firstly I am a big fan of science, lab aesthetics, surgical operations, genetic experiments, and cosmos, but as for this idea, it was 8 years ago when I was meditating on the first course at uni when we needed to think about our final major project exhibition concept and just accidentally got a vision of petri dishes and collecting samples! (Through the last chakra we can be connected to the big field of everything, like quantum ether, and you can have all answers, ideas, and everything from there).Also, I think it's because I was planning to run a medical course after school and my neurons gave me such thoughts, because of past experience and desires.”

#7 Swab Taken From The Bottom Of My Lab Partner's Shoe Grew This Masterpiece

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#8 Not Mine, But Happy Holidays Everyone. ?

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#9 Colourful Mold

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Asked how the artist manages the growth and maintenance of mold in her work to achieve the desired effects, Dasha said: “It's mostly time, my super attention, daily checkups, and complete trust in nature plus my skill, interest, passion, love, and belief.”

We were wondering what types of mold Plesen works with and their unique characteristics. We found out: “I do not categorize them because I'm interested in their visual appearance, colors, the way they communicate, develop, disappear, so for me, it's a parallel to relations with people. I do not care about species aspects, like skin tone, race, weight, height, hair color, eye color - I'm interested in the full, I accept and I love, no matter what. Unique characteristics are the way they gently touch each other when they grow, how they transport the color inside the body, and how they develop in time. Also, the imagery is very new every time and it stimulates my dopamine system extremely hard. Also, an interesting moment is pareidolia, when I see faces, letters, manuscripts, and codes inside the petri dish. One day I want to make my own alphabet with decrypted symbols!

But, of course, when it comes to special projects where we need to cultivate only one type - I should know the name and morphology 100 percent.”

#10 I Was Out Of Commission With Pneumonia For A Week And A Half. Got Up To Clean House When I Discovered This. It Seemed Like I Could Pet It Like A Dog. Insane

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#11 The Mold In My Marmalade This Morning

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#12 My Friend Just Found This In His Fridge. He Thinks It Was Mashed Potatoes At One Point

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We also wanted to know how Dasha views the connection between art and science in her mold-based creations. She explained: “I see this as a super potential for both science and art because it's a field that is free from any borders. Science has tech equipment and facilities, art has freedom and culture. Make them dance together - new age matter for all creative and intellectual fields made! For me, it's like a golden section of creative interconnection, because it could be expanded to dozens of absolutely different plots and expand people's understanding, vision, and life!”

#13 Film Of Mold On Water

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#14 Friendly (?) Neighborhood Slime Mold

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#15 Forgot About A Can Of Wolf Brand Chili In Back Of Fridge And The Mold Growing Looks Like Wolf Hair

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#16 This Mold Looks Like A Baby Seal

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#17 My English Muffin's Mold Looks Like A Sunflower

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#18 Not Mine, Cool As Hell

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#19 Mold On Cream Cheese

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#20 Til Highlithers Can Grow Mold

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#21 Canned Peaches

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#22 Moldy Watermelon Juice Breeds Little Jiggly Puffs

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#23 Fuzzy Strawberries And One Seemingly Immune Strawberry

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#24 This Mold Growing On Some Spam

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#25 Crazy Mold We Got Growing From Under Our Deck

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#26 I Clean Up Mold For A Living, This Is Some Of The Worst I’ve Ever Seen

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#27 Found On A Very Old Instant Coffee . Trying To Identify What It Is

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#28 Mold Is Evolving

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#29 My Friend Left Some Rice In This Pot And Put It In The Back Of Her Cupboard. This Is What She Found Yesterday

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#30 Heard You Guys Would Enjoy This Here, Car Parked Next To Me, Hasn’t Been Moved In Months, Took A Look Inside…

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#31 I Work In A Plant Tissue Culture Lab. Contamination Sucks, But Sometimes It’s Beautiful!

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#32 Found In A Forgotten Closet

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#33 This Spaghetti Grew Green Hair

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#34 Sorry I Just Had To ?

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#35 Our Dried Maitakes Weren’t Dried Enough It Seems

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#36 In The Back Of My Moms Fridge

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#37 This Decorative Gourd Started Molding In An Interesting Way ?

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#38 The Nifty Kiwi Seed Like Mold Growing From Some Kiwi ?

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#39 Should I Be Alarmed?

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#40 Forgot Spaghetti With Mushrooms In The Microwave For A Week. Now It's A Floofly Ball Of Mold

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#41 Too Soon? ?

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#42 Left This Loaf Of Sourdough Bread Unattended For Just 6 Days. Wasn't Expecting This When I Opened The Bread Box

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#43 Sister Used My iPad And I Later Found It In This Condition, This Is Mold Right? I Wiped It Down With A Wet Wipe, Is That Good Enough?

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#44 Art Of Molds????

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#45 Hair Or Mold?

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#46 The Previous Tenant Never Mentioned To Their Landlord That The Toilet Upstairs Was Leaking For 3 Years

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#47 A Family Of Happy Mice. (I Forgot A Box Of Strawberries In The Fridge Before Leaving Home A Month Ago)

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#48 A Fuzzy Steering Wheel Cover?

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#49 Meet Melvin. We Found Him Growing In The Compost Bin

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#50 Care For A Slice?

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#51 Mesmerizing Old Sourdough Starter I Found In The Fridge

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#52 Strawberries In A Pyrex

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#53 A Forgotten Lemon

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#54 Work Has Been Neglecting The Salami Kitchen…

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#55 This Moldy Spider I Found While Cleaning My Shed

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#56 This Mold On My Bread Looks Like It's Trying To Disguise Itself As A Boiled Egg

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#57 This Used To Be Red Wine

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#58 Jar Of Sugar Left In Storage For 20 Years

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#59 Cleaned Out The Fridge Today And Found This Hidden On The Back Of The Top Shelf - This Used To Be Vegan Cream Cheese

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#60 My Beans Turned To Brains

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#61 Chicken Sausage I Forgot About For A While

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#62 The Only Island I Can Afford

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#63 Growing In The Toilet

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#64 I've Been Sick And Didn't Have The Energy To Clean My Room Until Now, And Me And My Dad Thought It Looked Interesting!

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#65 Cat Sick That Was Left To Mature For A Few Days ?

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#66 Heading To France Tomorrow. Found This Well Matured Camembert From A Year Ago In My Luggage

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#67 Does This Look Like Mold?

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#68 Even If Spoiled, It Still Proved To Be Useful :)

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#69 I Present You: The Nespresso Mold

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#70 Forgotten Rice Cooker

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#71 Extremely Moldy Turkey

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#72 Free Upvote For Guessing What This Used To Be

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#73 Vegan Chili Forgotten In The Garage Fridge

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