noun retÂ·roÂ·gresÂ·sion \Ëre-trÉ-Ëgresh-Én\. : a reversal in development or condition: asa: return to a former and less complex level of development or organizationb: subsidence or decline of symptoms or manifestations of a disease.
Habitat. Slime molds live in somewhat variable habitats all over the world. Generally slime molds live in damp areas of vegetation. They live under rotting logs and damp leaves. Some of the other habitats that slime molds will inhabit include water such as tropical fish tanks.
Cladosporium mold is commonly found, in dying and dead plants, in the soil and on food. It thrives in a damp, dark, nonporous environment such as window frames and the inside of refrigerators. It will also multiply in houses with poor ventilation and in straw roofs built in low damp areas.