Spirits & Distilling

Rhizopus oryzae

From The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails

is one of the most common and significant molds found in qu, the fermentation starter used to make baijiu. See Qu, Baijiu.

This definition is from The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails, edited by David Wondrich (Editor-in-Chief) and Noah Rothbaum (Associate Editor).