Mucor

·noun A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.

mucor
mūcor, ōris, m. [muceo]. 1 Mould, mouldiness , in bread (post-Aug.): mucorem contrahere, to become ...

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