ケカビ

noun

mucor; pin mold

A genus of fungi commonly found in soil and on decaying organic matter; often referred to as pin mold. Used in biological and mycological contexts.

• ケカビは湿しめったパンによく生はえる。

  Mucor often grows on damp bread.

• この寒かん天てん培ばい地ちにケカビの胞ほう子しを植うえ付つけた。

  We inoculated this agar medium with mucor spores.