__ is the common bread mould which grows not only in bread but also on a variety of other organic matter such as fruits, animal dung, and leather goods, in warm and humid climate.

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Rhizopus is the common bread mould which grows not only in bread but also on a variety of other organic matter such as fruits, animal dung, and leather goods, in warm and humid climate.

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