Mucor: alternatives and connections

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Mucor

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

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Ascomycete noun · 86% connection

any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus