apples, apple cider and yogurt.

Morphology and reproduction

Mucor plumbeus produces columella with distinctive, darkly pigmented, finger-like apical projections. Sporangiophores (structures bearing asexual spores) exhibit sympodial and monopodial branching. The appearance of sporangia of M. plumbeus changes throughout development from hyaline at first becoming dark brown colour at maturity. Sporangiospores are spherical, ranging from 5-7 to 8-10 um in diameter. Zygospores are also darkly coloured, though much larger than

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