Say Folks, I asked a professor at the Plant Pathology department of Texas A&M about the dangers of chile mold. He spouted out a few ten dollar words about fungi and said they may or may not be toxic but that if they are you'd probably have to eat a pound to get sick. He said he'd be more concerned about the toxicity of capsaicin that some new research indicates may be carcinogenic. Most of my chiles I eat fresh uncut at the table like Serranos and Tabascos. Who knows what may be hiding inside.HE HE And who cares?