What is Black bread mold?
{{Taxobox | image = Rhizopus stolonifer2.jpg | image_caption = | name = Black bread mold | regnum = [[Fungi]] | divisio = [[Zygomycota]] | genus = ''[[Rhizopus]]'' | binomial_authority = ([[Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg|Ehrenb.]]: [[Elias Magnus Fries|Fr.]]) [[Jean Paul Vuillemin|Vuill.]] }} '''Black bread molds''' (''Rhizopus stolonifer'') is a common type of [[fungus]]. It grows and [[Reproduction|reproduces]] the same way that most molds do. In [[asexual reproduction]], the mold makes spores inside a ''sporangium''. When the spores are ready to leave and spread more mold, the sporangium breaks open door and lets the spores float out of the world. In [[sexual reproduction]] its hyphaes touch the hyphae of another ''Rhizopus'' [[mycelium]]. When they fuse, they make round balls called ''zygospores''. After some time, the zygospore makes another sporangium, which then makes spores. During this sexual process, genetic [[recombination]] takes place, as with all [[eukaryote]]s. When the spores land on a suitable place, they begin to grow. They very quickly start making ''[[hyphae]]'', small tendrils that look like roots. Hyphae are part of the [[mycelium]]. The mycelium is the main part of the mold, and grows inside the bread. Black bread mold grows fast when the temperature is higher than 15 degrees [[Celsius]] and lower than 5°C.<ref name=Schipper>Schipper M.A.A. 1984. A revision of the genus ''Rhizopus''. I. The Rh. stolonifer-group and Rh. oryzae. ''CBS Studies in Mycology'' '''25''':1-19.</ref> Black bread mold is found in all countries of the world. It is often found growing on [[bread]] and on soft [[fruit]]s such as [[banana]]s and [[grape]]s. Because the mold spores are airborne. == Related pages == * [[Mycorrhiza]] * [[Mould]] * [[Fungus]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://hosts.cce.cornell.edu/mushroom_blog/?p=167 Time lapse video of ''Rhizopus stolonifer'' attacking strawberries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410082418/http://hosts.cce.cornell.edu/mush