"Bread mold (Rhizopus nigricans). A, older plant; myc, mycelia; sph, sporangiophore; sp, sporangium; st, stolon produced by A, and giving rise at its tip to a new plant, B." -Gager, 1916

Bread Mold

"Bread mold (Rhizopus nigricans). A, older plant; myc, mycelia; sph, sporangiophore; sp, sporangium;…

"Rhizopus nigricans. A, Young sporangium, showing columella within; B, older sporangium, with the wall removed, showing ripe spores covering the columella; C, D, views of the collapsed columella after dissemination of the spores." -Gager, 1916

Bread Mold Stages

"Rhizopus nigricans. A, Young sporangium, showing columella within; B, older sporangium, with the wall…