Anuradha was very hungry. She was searching the refrigerator for some foodstuff. She found a box lying in the corner of the fridge. When she opened it, she saw a piece of bread which looked like this:
By mistake, she smelled it and then started sneezing. Identify the organism growing on the piece of bread and what made Anuradha sneeze?
Bread mold, spores of bread mold
A common fungus, called bread mold was growing on the piece of bread which had given it a black colour. It had grown heavily and was in the stage of reproduction. Fungus reproduces by forming spores. So, when Anuradha smelled the contents of the box, she inhaled a few spores which made her sneeze.