Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Physomycetes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mold \Mold\, Mould \Mould\, n. [From the p. p. of OE. moulen to
become moldy, to rot, prob. fr. Icel. mygla to grow musty,
mugga mugginess; cf. Sw. m["o]gla to grow moldy. See {Muggy},
and cf. {Moldy}.] (Bot.)
A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the
great groups {Hyphomycetes}, and {Physomycetes}, forming on
damp or decaying organic matter.
Note: The common blue mold of cheese, the brick-red cheese
mold, and the scarlet or orange strata which grow on
tubers or roots stored up for use, when commencing to
decay, are familiar examples. --M. J. Berkley.
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