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In terms of mold, they aren't really that much worse than other berries - all berries go moldy VERY quickly. They carry natural molds on them that make their shelf lives very short.

In terms of smushed, raspberries are hollow. When you pick a raspberry off of the plant, the center part called the torus stays behind - think of it like the stem. This means the fruits are hollow and are more vulnerable to smashing, because they don't have the internal mass to resist force.

I wasn't aware of your second paragraph and now I feel like I learned something today. Cool.

You didnt know raspberries were hollow?

I knew they were hollow. I just wasn't aware why they deflate or go mushy so fast and that it was common for those kinds of berries to "turn" quicker.

any reason they don't pick with the torus intact?

Two reasons:

• It'd be significantly more difficult to do so, and more importantly:
• The torus isn't edible in raspberries. It won't kill you or anything, but it doesn't taste very good.