Abstract :
Bread includes easily damaged food with a shelf life of 3-4 days caused
by mold. Fresh bread used by toast traders do not necessarily pay attention to its
storage so it is very vulnerable to overgrown mushrooms. This research was
conducted to identify the Aspergillus sp. on fresh bread used by bakers in
Karanganyar Square. This research uses descriptive research design. The research was
conducted at the Parasitology Laboratory of the Surakarta National. This study
uses Total Sampling technique which is as many as 5 samples of fresh bread used
by toast traders in Karanganyar Square. Bread weighed as much as 5 grams then
mashed and inoculated in the PDA media with the method of sowing, in repeated
as much as 3 times and then incubated for 5 days in room temperature ± 27°C. Identification is done macroscopically and microscopically. The results of the examination identification of mushrooms on fresh bread
obtained the results of 4 out of 5 samples of fresh bread used by toast traders in
Karanganyar Square positively contaminated with mushrooms Aspergillus sp