black mold

black mold
noun
1. : a mold or fungus like a mold with dark mycelium or spores: as
a. : a fungus of the order Mucorales; especially : the common bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer) — compare mold V
b. : a sooty mold of the families Perisporiaceae and Capnodiaceae
c. : an imperfect fungus of the family Dematiaceae
2. : a diseased and blackened condition produced by a black mold; especially : a disease of roses that is caused by a fungus (Chalaropsis thielavioides) and that causes serious losses in rose grafts especially on Manetti stock by growing over the cut surface of the scion and thus preventing proper union

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black mold,
a mold or fungus having black spores suspended as dust particles in the air.

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