Mold is a fungus that grows in multi-cellular (often tubular shaped) filaments resulting in discoloration and sometimes a fuzzy appearance on whatever it grows on. Molds cause biodegradation of natural materials. Mold also plays an important role in biotechnology and food science in the production of various foods, beverages, antibiotics and pharmaceutical products.
There are thousands of kinds of mold. The ones shown here are Aspergillus. This specific prepared slide is available to view under the microscope in the
Botany Prepared Slide Kit.
Images were captured using the
Richter Optica U2 biological microscope with the
DCM5.1 5mp microscope camera and the
Richter Optica U2 LCD digital tablet camera microscope.
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| 400x magnification - Aspergillus (mold) under the microscope. |
