### fungus | mold:

Black mold
* Most black mold grows on surfaces.
* belongs to the fungal family.
* can cause health effects in people.
* favors high temperatures.
* is one of the most common and hazardous types of mold.
* loves to grow in humid areas around the home.

Blue mold
* big problem when there's a lot of dampness or rain.
* can cause big losses and seriously impact individual growers and the industry.
* fungus that attacks tobacco leaves, greatly lowering their quality.
* is caused by an airborne fungus
  - favored by cool, wet weather and problem in plant beds and in the field
  - the bane of tobacco
  - transmitted by mold spores carried by wind under specific atmospheric conditions
  - weather-sensitive
* storage disease controlled with benomyl

### fungus | mold:

Gray mold
* can also infect senescing leaves and canes
  - infect and blight lobelia
* causes blossom blight under cool moist conditions
  - circular to oval, yellowish to reddish brown spots
* develops on tomato under cool, wet conditions, especially when air circulation is poor.
* is an airborne fungus that attacks flowers and damaged or dying tissue
  - common in South Carolina
  - favored by cold temperatures and high humidity
  - one of the most common and serious diseases wherever strawberries are grown
  - sometimes a problem, especially in a wet, cool spring or summer
  - the most serious and widespread lily disease
* relatively firm decay, and fruit has a spongy but dry feel when squeezed.

Indoor mold
* Most indoor mold causes health problems.
* Some indoor molds have the potential to produce extremely potent toxins called mycotoxins.
* are unlikely to be life threatening.
* can thrive in showers, basements, closets, walls, and windowsills.
* grow anywhere it is wet.
* shed spores all year long, producing constant problems for sensitive people.

Outdoor mold
* Most outdoor molds become dormant during the winter.
* cause symptoms mainly in the summer and early autumn.
* grow in moist shady areas.
* grows on soil, grass, fallen leaves and rotting logs.

### fungus | mold:

Snow mold
* Some snow molds remain dormant through the summer and spend the winter in a vegetative state.
* are a problem of winter cereals.
* can cause considerable damage to cool season turfgrasses during the winter.
* disease that also occurs mostly in Northern regions.
* fungal disease that attacks turfgrass.
* get an early start when a wet, deep snow falls on unfrozen ground.
* grow quite actively at temperatures near freezing.
* is one of the more serious diseases in upstate New York
  - worse under conditions of freezing and thawing cycles, accompanied by winter rains
* winter disease that is enhanced by succulent growth.

### fungus | mold:

Sooty mold
* Most sooty mold grows on surfaces.
* are dark fungi comprised of a complex of several fungal species.
* blackens the leaf and decreases photosynthesis
  - leaf, decreases photosynthetic activity, and decreases vigor of the host
* can reduce light penetration, subsequently reducing yield and quality
  - severely impair leaf respiration and photosynthesis
* indicates a sucking insect infestation
  - pests are present
  - that there is an insect problem on the plant
* is difficult to remove at the packing shed, often resulting in downgrading of fruit.
* reduces photosynthesis, causing leaves to fade or yellow
* tends to grow on the sticky spots of honeydew that is exuded by aphids.

Toxic mold
* Some toxic molds can grow at room temperatures.
* are most dangerous when they are ingested.

Water mold
* are small single celled organisms.
* display both asexual and sexual reproduction.
* grow as a mass of fuzzy white threads on dead material.