Mold

Mold

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After letting an apple exposed to air for a couple of days, I took a sample of the mold developed on its surface by using a cotton swab. The swab I then smeared on a slide. In the imagine above you can notice the multicellular filaments of the mold which are called hyphae. A network of hyphae makes up a mycelium - the vegetative part of the mold. Like all types of fungi, the mold obtains energy, not through photosyntesis, but by using the organic matter on which it lives.