Rhizopus stolonifer

Soft Rot

Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot. A very widespread mold, saprophytically feeding on a broad range of substrates, from old bread (Black Bread Mold) to over-mature stored fruit. Can invade healthy tissue as a parasite and possibly become a pathogen, infecting humans with low immunity.


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Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot
Soft Rot on apple
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Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot
Soft Rot on apple
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Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot
Sporagia on stolons
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Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot
Sporangium with spores
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Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot
Sporangia
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Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot
Spores
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Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot
Sporangium releasing spores
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Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot
Mycelium

Photograph detail


Slide 1: Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot. Mold growing on stored apple, showing vertical stolons and sporangia. Garage in Redmire. February.


Slide 2: Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot. Mold growing on stored apple, showing vertical stolons and sporangia. Garage in Redmire. February.


Slide 3: Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot. Mold growing on stored apple, showing mature sporangia. Garage in Redmire. February.


Slide 4: Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot. Sporangium with spores. Garage in Redmire. February.


Slide 5: Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot. Mold growing on stored apple, showing mature sporangia. Garage in Redmire. February.


Slide 6: Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot. Spores. Photographed at x400, brightfield illumination. Garage in Redmire. February.


Slide 7: Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot. Sporangium releasing spores. Photographed at x100, brightfield illumination. Garage in Redmire. February.


Slide 8: Rhizopus stolonifer, Soft Rot. Mold growing on stored apple, showing hyphal threads of mycelium in rotting apple flesh. Photographed at x400, brightfield illumination. Garage in Redmire. February.