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Although tobacco remains the primary host for this disease, other hosts including pepper plants and eggplants can also be reservoirs.

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The term blue mold may also be applied to '' Penicillium Roqueforti '', a Mold used in producing the taste and characteristic blue-green inclusions in Roquefort and other Blue Cheese s.

A powdery mildew disease of Hops has sometimes been erroneously called blue mold. It is caused by '' Sphaerotheca humuli'', a Fungus in the order Erysiphales . This hops disease became epidemic in the New York state hops industry in 1909, ultimately leading to the abandonment of the crop in the Northeastern USA.