gray mold

American  

noun

1. a disease of plants, characterized by a gray, furry coating on the decaying parts, caused by any of several fungi.

2. any fungus causing this disease, as Botrytis cinerea.

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Example Sentences

If you've ever seen a fuzzy piece of fruit in your fridge, you've seen gray mold.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a stealth molecular weapon that plants use to attack the cells of invading gray mold.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Botrytis cinerea, known as gray mold or bud rot, has ruined about 15 percent of their harvest, RT3 said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2016

See, for example, the building’s grocery store, which provides the residents with everything they need, even as gray mold creeps over the boxes of peaches that stock its shelves.

From Slate • May 13, 2016

Miraculously it survives the humidity and our moves, with only a few unwarranted archipelagos of gray mold dotting its oceans.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver