Is bread mold common?
Black bread mold is extremely common. This is because it is fast growing and it uses th nutrients in bread. Also, there are lots of Rhizopus stolonifer spores in the air, so it can easily form on any surface that it can get nutrients from. The mold can grow in practically any moist and warm environment.
How does bread mold move?
Bread mold moves by spreading over the substrate on which it is on. At the same time, it sends hyphae inward to gather and absorb the nutrients.
How does bread mold interact with the environment?
What does bread mold eat?
Bread mold is a decomposer, so it eats whatever its host is. The host it often dead organic matter, which is what the mold eats. Black bread mold takes everything from its host and gives nothing back, which is why its considered parasitic.