How does Mold Grow?

Planning How Does Mold Develop?

Do you know that mold or fungus grows and can spread in hot, dirty and drenched places? Even dark places like your school bag. Do you know it can go through your nasty sandwich in your school bag? Do you ever wonder it’s a plant or an animal? Well for me it’s NOT a plant OR an animal. Well they do have similar things that needs it to grow like hot thermal sun and wet drenching rain. Well if you don’t know, I will tell you how it grows or how it forms.

Firstly, the first stage to a mold is tiny little spores. You can't see them but they float around and they land on something like a half-eaten fruit or a vegetable that has been sitting on a table or anything for a long time. This is the first stage where a fruit starts to rot and slowly changes colour.

Next, there is another stage to mold called Hypha (or hyphea). You might wonder what is hypha? Well, hypha is like a white leathery sort of web, that starts to grow round the outside of the mold and a little of the inside of the fruit. It makes a crisscross sort of mat or web. This means that the crisscross mat is now revealed as mycelium.

Furthermore, mycelium grows. It grows and it grows and it can be sucked or absorbed by the mold or fungus (or fungi). Also, as the mycelium slowly grows, it starts to release carbon dioxide around the atmosphere or in the air. Then the apple changes into a dark ghastly colour. A colour of black or brown.

In conclusion you now have a mold that’s revealed as a disgusting or hideous rotting thing. When it has the start of the tiny spores, a white leathery hypha, and  web of mycelium. You now have a moldy apple or a moldy log. There are different types of mold is well. Like black mold that’s in your bathroom. Fungus or fungi n a mushroom.    

At school we were learning to write an explanation about mold.To explain how it starts or forms. First I had to make a planning about it. It was ok for me to do this activity. I think I did well. I hope you think the same thing. But I did my best and I persevered. Give me some positive, thoughtful and helpful feedback. I will really appreciate if you did so I know what I should work on.