Preferred label

Mold                            

Alternative label

Mould (UK); Fungus  

Scope note

A surface-growth fungus which proliferates in damp conditions where there is little air circulation. Damage caused by mold and its accretions can include staining and substrate degradation. On letters, mold and its accretions can obscure text or letterlocking evidence.

Parent concept

Damage       

uh-linked-data/concept/87

Related concept                                                     

Material feature       

uh-linked-data/concept/332        

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300252028      

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/339