Macrophotograph of a thirteen day old growth of a bread mould (fungus) Rhizopus sp. The slices of bread are overgrown with a network of vegetative hyp

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Macrophotograph of a thirteen day old growth of a bread mould (fungus) Rhizopus sp. The slices of bread are overgrown with a network of vegetative hyphae (transparent & threadlike) & the fruiting bodies (brown), or sporangia, containing spores. Millions of spores are constantly released & are able to germinate into a new plant.

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Size: 3718px × 2450px
Photo credit: © VAUGHAN FLEMING/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: bread, eumycota, fungal, fungi, fungus, macrophotograph, mold, mould, mouldy, mycology, nature, naturemycology, rhizopus, sp., sporangium, spore