"metspitzer" > wrote in message
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On Apr 29, 9:35 pm, "brooklyn1" > wrote:
> "metspitzer" wrote:
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> >I always brush potatoes off with brush before cleaning. Today I
> > noticed a potato that was covered with black spots. The hits I got
> > with Google seem to be inside the potato. These are on the skin. Is
> > this mold or some kind of chemical?
>
> I'm sure everyone has seen the same thing on occasion. Sounds like "black
> scurf"... potatos are still good, peel and cook.
>
> http://www.potatodiseases.org/tuberdiseases.html

The spots I am taking about look nothing like the picture.

The spots I am talking about look almost like ink spots. They are on
the surface of the skin. I had to brush the potato down below the
skin to get them off.

Perhaps you need to learn how to scroll... down to the 4th example,