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Black bread mould

Rhizopus stolonifer (Ehrenb.) Vuill.

Black bread mould (Rhizopus stolonifer)
Plate · Rhizopus stolonifer Enlarged model, not to scale

Description

White fluff dotted with black heads on bread and ripe fruit, spreading quickly.

Curiosity

Its black dots are sporangia, capsules full of spores.

Sources

GBIF · Wikidata