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sooty mold
sooty moldn.1. A blackish fungal growth that develops on plant surfaces that have become covered with honeydew secreted by aphids or other insects.2. Any of the ascomycetous fungi that produce such growth.soot′y mold′
n. 1. a disease of plants caused by a dark fungus that grows on the honeydew secretions of certain insects. 2. any fungus causing this disease. [1900–05] sooty mold
sooty mold[′su̇d·ē ′mōld] (mycology) Ascomycetous fungi of the family Capnodiaceae, with dark mycelium and conidia. (plant pathology) A plant disease, common on Citrus species, characterized by a dense velvety layer of a sooty mold on exposed parts of the plant. |