How Does Mould Form

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How does mould form?

Have you ever wondered how mould forms? Mould is not a plant or an animal. Moulds can grow on (inorganic or organic) materials e.g fabric, paper, plastic, wood, liquids, solids, soap, roofs. They can also grow on food e.g bread, orange, tomato, cheese.

Firstly moulds start off as a little spore that are airborne. Spores feed on plants and materials. Spores are able to live for a very long time. Moulds loves warm and wet places. So once the spores land on favourable land it sends out a very thin tube that is hair-like called Hypha / Hyphae.

The Hypha / Hyphae is the root of the mould. The Hypha / Hyphae breaks down the food source for the mould, the Hypha / Hyphae also absorbs the nutrients as well. Using the food source more hypha/hyphae will grow. The more nutrients the Hypha / Hyphae absorb the bigger the mould will grow.  

When the hyphae forms a crisscrossed mat it is called mycelium that looks like a cobweb. The part of the mould we usually see is the fruiting body because it comes from the mycelium. The primary function of the fruiting body launches the next spores into the world.

So when the spores land on favourable land the new generation comes and the process starts all over again.