What is the scientific name for a common mold that grows on bread?

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Linica Uday
Dec 28, 2016

Rhizopus stolonifer is a mold commonly found on bread surface.

Explanation:

Black bread mold ( common name ) is widely distributed thread like mucoralean mold. It takes food and nutrients from the bread and causes damage to the surface where it lives.

It has a cosmopolitan distribution. It is capable of causing opportunistic infection of humans , known as zygomycosis. It also causes Rhizopus soft rot of sweet potatoes.

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