So i was not able to dry my slices up long enough in the oven had to leave. So there were basically fully dry almost so i just went ahead and grinded them up and set a fan to blow on them.

I come back to this. Looks like little black spots. I hope its not mold or anything? Whats your take?

well its hard to tell.

when cactus dries sometimes its dark green other times its really light.

mold is easily identified though, its mushy, it smells disgusting like mold, its fuzzy, and it deteriorates the material that it is on. a dried piece of cactus is going to be hard. therefore, if your pieces are hard and dark, you are fine, but if theyre still mushy, dark, decomposing, fuzzy, and releasing spores, well, needless to say, thats bad.

Thanks man. I was afraid of black mold.

Thanks for your input guess we shall find out in the morning after it dries more. But the black parts are hard *Crosses fingers