What Enviromental Conditions Make Bread Mold The Quickest?

[Meredith(:]

I am doing a science fair project and our question is what enviromental conditions make bread mold the quickest. We have a couple questions.
1. Has anyone else experimented this?
2. If yes, how?
3. What is fungus? like what is it made of?
4. why is Rhiozopus Stolonifer the most common bread mold? and what are its characteristics?

thanks,
mereditth.

[amyC]

Hi Meredith - There is an extended thread of questions and answers from a project conducted by a student last year on bread mold. I think if you review this, you may find some good background material to get you started thinking about your project:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentorin ... =24&t=4514

Amy
Science Buddies