False colour scanning electron micrograph of rhizoids, or \rootlets\" of the bread mould, Rhizopus stolonifer, on the surface of bread. Spores circula

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False colour scanning electron micrograph of rhizoids, or \rootlets\" of the bread mould, Rhizopus stolonifer, on the surface of bread. Spores circulate freely in the air. When they alight on a favourable medium, they germinate a network of hyphae (threads), whose function it is to absorb food for growth & spore production. Rhizopus produces stolons, or aerial hyphae, which on contact with a medium grow rhizoids. These anchor the fungus & absorb some water. Specialised hyphae called sporangiophores (seen here) grow opposite the rhizoids & bear spore containing sacs or sporangia at the tips. Magnification: X 170 at 35mm size. Original is bw print b250/357."

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Size: 5417px × 3755px
Photo credit: © DR JEREMY BURGESS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: bread, eumycota, fungal, fungi, fungus, hyphae, mold, mould, mouldy, mycology, nature, naturemycology, rhizoid, rhizopus, sem, sporangiophore, stolonifer