Question

Mohit left a slice of bread inside his tiffin box . After a few days , he saw a greenish - white growth on it. What kind of organisms might be growing on the slice ? How do such organisms obtain nutrition and what is this mode of nutrition known as ?

Answer 1

it's fungi it grew on the bread when there was moisture and no oxygen

Answer 2

If a piece of bread in left in a tiffin box for several days, you will observe that a black, greenish powder looking growth appears on the surface of bread. This black powder is called black bread mold.

Bread mold is the most commonly known mold that grows on bread, pickles, fruits etc. A wet piece of bread is a hot bed for the bread mold to grow.

In few days, you will observe that the whole surface of bread will be covered with it and looks black in color because they have absorptive mode of nutrition in which they break down the carbohydrates into simpler units and feed on them.