Cherry mold

Mold growth on red cherry - N.Carlson

Never pass up an opportunity to identify mold on food.  I purchased a bag of cherries a couple of days ago at a local grocery store.  The rest of the fruit I examined did not show mold growth.

I used a clear 3M red tartan Scotch tape with 85% lactic acid mixed with a small amount of lacto fuchsin stain. The photos were taken with a Samsung J7 camera using an AmScope microscope.

Growth of Alternaria spp. and Cladosporium spp. taken from a tease tape sample of the cherry - 400x - N. Carlson

This would be a fairly easy mold to identify for an introductory mold class.