just curious lol.
like i know they can die from direct sunlight, dry places, etc but those are by envirnmental causes.
what about dying of age?
thank you in advance
like i know they can die from direct sunlight, dry places, etc but those are by envirnmental causes.
what about dying of age?
thank you in advance
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Of course they do!
The spores are so long-lived and extremely resistant to adverse conditions like Heat, droughts and radiation that they can even outlive the parental cell .
Anything that reproduces must die of old age otherwise it would completely defeat the purpose of reproduction.
By the way, moulds are single-celled microfungi but they are visible because they grow in colonies. So even if you can't see them, it doesn't mean they are absent. When you see a patch of mould, you are actually looking at a colony of microscopic single-celled moulds-----millions to billions of them . Even though some of the cells die of aging at any one instant, the others will still survive and divide rapidly via mitosis , thus the dead cells are constantly replaced and overridden by new ones , hence the colony appears to grow and the patch becomes larger . The rate of formation of new cells (both via mitosis of the existing cells and landing of spores ) often exceeds the rate of dying of the old ones---so overall there is an increase in the size of the colony as long as conditions are favorable (warm and sufficient moisture ).
The spores themselves are not subjected to these conditions as they are extremely resistant---it is just that they cannot grow under unfavorable conditions, so they have to be on the move constantly until they land on a spot that has the ideal conditions for growth.
The spores are so long-lived and extremely resistant to adverse conditions like Heat, droughts and radiation that they can even outlive the parental cell .
Anything that reproduces must die of old age otherwise it would completely defeat the purpose of reproduction.
By the way, moulds are single-celled microfungi but they are visible because they grow in colonies. So even if you can't see them, it doesn't mean they are absent. When you see a patch of mould, you are actually looking at a colony of microscopic single-celled moulds-----millions to billions of them . Even though some of the cells die of aging at any one instant, the others will still survive and divide rapidly via mitosis , thus the dead cells are constantly replaced and overridden by new ones , hence the colony appears to grow and the patch becomes larger . The rate of formation of new cells (both via mitosis of the existing cells and landing of spores ) often exceeds the rate of dying of the old ones---so overall there is an increase in the size of the colony as long as conditions are favorable (warm and sufficient moisture ).
The spores themselves are not subjected to these conditions as they are extremely resistant---it is just that they cannot grow under unfavorable conditions, so they have to be on the move constantly until they land on a spot that has the ideal conditions for growth.