Thank you, Don, I actually laughed out loud & you are correct!

From Wikipedia:
A pathogen (Greek: πάθος pathos “suffering, passion” and γενής genēs “producer of”) or infectious agent (colloquially known as a germ) is a microorganism—in the widest sense, such as a virus, bacterium, prion, or fungus—that causes disease in its host.

The colloquial term mold is applied to a large and taxonomically diverse number of fungal species where their growth results in a moldy appearance of objects, especially food.