Mold

Mold is a new hazard type appearing in Pikmin: Other Frontier. It takes the form of a moss green powder-like substance and affects all Pikmin except Cleaner Pikmin.

Mold is comparable and contrasting to Poison, like Poison they can take the form of Vents that the Pikmin are immune to then can destroy (although Mold comes out of black vents while Poison comes out of tan vents). Unlike Poison which mainly suffocates Pikmin, Mold makes Pikmin hostile and converts them into Moldmin.

Trivia

 * Some enemies that use Mold to attack look like they are in control of the Mold as well while others appear that the Mold controls them.

=In other games=

In Pikmin: Neo
Mold appears as a hazard in Pikmin: Neo. It is similar to the Spores hazard as it takes the form of an infectory powdery substance. However it shares many differences from spores. Firslty, while spores take the form of a thin tan mist, mold takes the form of a thick green fog. Mold also manifests in different places, as while spores come from common fungi such as the Sporovid family, mold manifests as a dark green moss like substance. Mold also infects more lifeforms as while spores only infect live Pikmin, mold also infects other lifeforms slowly draining the life force of those that come into close contact with the substance. Mold then replaces the creature's health bar with a unique gray-colored health bar and revives the enemy from the dead making it zombie-like. Also when mold infects a Pikmin it converts it into Moldmin which unlike Puffmin are more aggressive and will die when the mold wears off. Only Cleaner Pikmin can destroy mold and save infected Pikmin.