A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Mold, moldiness, as of bread; mustiness, as in wine vinegar; “1. a microfungus having a well-marked mycelium or spore mass, especially an economically important saprophyte; = mildew” q.v. (Ainsworth & Bisby); “certain fungi the assimilative phase of which appears “moldy” because of the abundance of visible mycelium, usually whitish” (S&D): see mucor,-oris (s.m.III), q.v., abl. sg. mucore.

Various molds include: blue mold (Penicillium), mold of apple (Penicillium expansum); of citrus (Penicillium italicum); of tobacco (Peronospora tabacina); bread mold (Monilia sitophila) and used of Mucorales on bread (Ainsworth & Bisby).

Situs,-us (s.m.IV), q.v.,“rust, mold, mustiness, dust, dirt, etc., that a thing acquires from lying too long in one place; a rusting, molding, a wasting away, inactivity” (Lewis & Short).

Slime mold: Myxomycetes.

Water molds: aquatic Phycomycetes, especially Sparolegniales.