All the black cauliflower-like precipitates were located on the remelting points and cold shuts of the surface of AA5083 slab. Most of them were composed of several small black precipitates and pores, with MgO and αAl as the major phases. The melting and evaporating of Al-Mg eutectic phases at grain boundaries had to be responsible for this phenomenon. These grain boundaries might be the paths for the evolution of eutectic vapor and give rise to black cauliflower-like precipitates on the surface. Moreover, most gas pores beneath and pits on the original surfaces could be found black cauliflower-like precipitates. Either gas pores or pits could gather considerable eutectic vapor and result in coarse black cauliflower-like precipitates.