Mold A mold () or mould () is one of the structures certain fungi can form. The dust-like, colored appearance of molds is due to the formation of spores containing fungal secondary metabolites. The spores are the dispersal units of the fungi. Not ...

(or mould) is a structure formed by fungi. Mold or mould may also refer to:

Artifacts

Molding (process) Molding (American English) or moulding (British and Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is the process of manufacturing by shaping liquid or pliable raw material using a rigid frame called a mold or matrix. This itself may hav ...

, in which a hollowed-out block is filled with pliable material * Mold (cooking implement), a container used to shape food

Biology

Leaf mold Leaf mold (spelled leaf mould outside of the United States) is the compost produced by decomposition of shaded deciduous shrub and tree leaves, primarily by fungal breakdown in a slower cooler manner as opposed to the bacterial degradation of lea ...

, composted soil or earth, particularly loose soil suitable for planting *

Slime mold Slime mold or slime mould is an informal name given to several kinds of unrelated eukaryotic organisms with a life cycle that includes a free-living single-celled stage and the formation of spores. Spores are often produced in macroscopic mul ...

, a kind of protist *

Water mold Oomycota forms a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms, called oomycetes (). They are filamentous and heterotrophic, and can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Sexual reproduction of an oospore is the result ...

or oomycete, a kind of protist

Entertainment

* ''Mold'' (album), Praxis' 1998 experimental music release *

Master Mold Master Mold is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics most commonly appearing as an enemy of the X-Men and Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant-related comic books. Publication History The Master Mold ...

, a fictional Marvel Comics villain

People

* Mold (surname) * Mould (surname)

Places

* Mold, Flintshire, a county town in Wales, UK * 18240 Mould, a main-belt asteroid * Mold, an List of unincorporated communities in Washington#Unincorporated communities (including those that are CDPs), unincorporated community of Douglas County, Washington, US

Sports teams