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If you leave a piece of moist bread covered under a small bell jar at a warm place, mould grows on it in a few days. Answer the following with reference to this observation:
What appears first on the bread-the mycelia or the spores?

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The spores appear first on the bread because, on moist bread, the spores germinate first to form the mycelium.

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