Below, is a list of molds that we have found, through our testing, that are common in Southwest OH
ALTERNARIA EXTREMELY WIDESPREAD AND COMMON SPORE. COMMON IN SOIL, DEAD PLANTS, AND FOODSTUFFS. IT IS OFTEN FOUND INDOORS GROWING ON
CELLULOSIC MATERIALS AND AS SETTLED DUST ON CARPETS, TEXTILES, ETC. POTENTIAL OPPORTUNISTIC HUMAN PATHOGEN. COMMONLY RECOGNIZED AS TYPE I (HAY FEVER) AND TYPE III HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS.
ASPERGILLUS THIS SPECIES IS CONSIDERED COMMON TO INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS. IT IS
WIDESPREAD IN THE SOIL AND ON PLANTS AND IS ALSO CONSIDERED A COMMON
CONTAMINANT OF FOOD. IT HAS A MUSTY ODOR. IT IS COMMONLY BEING
IMPLICATED IN PULMONARY DISEASE IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOSTS. IT HAS ALSO
BEEN REPORTED TO CAUSE SKIN INFECTIONS. MANY SPECIES PRODUCE MYCOTOXINS, WHICH MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE IN HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS. TOXIC PRODUCTION IS DEPENDENT ON THE SPECIES OR A STRAIN WITHIN
A SPECIES AN ON THE FOOD SOURCE FOR THE FUNGUS. SOME OF THESE TOXINS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE CARCINOGENIC IN ANIMAL SPECIES. SEVERAL TOXINS ARE CONSIDERED POTENTIAL HUMAN CARCINOGENS.
BIPOLARIS/DRECHSLERA A WIDESPREAD FUNGUS THAT IS MOST FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH
GRASSES, PLANT MATERIAL, AND SOIL. HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED AS AN INFREQUENT AGENT OF PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS, PARTICULARLY FUNGAL SINUSITIS. IT CAN OCCASIONALLY CAUSE A CORNEAL INFECTION OF THE EYE.
CERCOSPORA PARASITE OF HIGHER PLANTS, CAUSING LEAF SPOT. COMMON OUTDOORS IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS ESPECIALLY DURING HARVEST. NO TOXIC DISEASES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED TO DATE.
CHAETOMIUM COMMONLY FOUND ON A VARIETY OF SUBSTANCES CONTAINING CELLULOSE INCLUDING PAPER AND PLANT COMPOST. IT CAN READILY BE FOUND ON THE DAMP OR WATER DAMAGED PAPER IN SHEETROCK. THE THERMPOHILIC, NEUROTROPIC NATURE OF THIS ORGANISM SUGGESTS IT IS POTENTIALLY AGGRESSIVE. NO TOXIC DISEASES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED TO DATE.
CLADOSPORIUM COMMONLY FOUND ON DEAD PLANTS, WOODY PLANTS, FOOD, STRAW, SOIL, PAINT
AND TEXTILES. COMMON CAUSE OF EXTRINSIC ASTHMA (IMMEDIATE-TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY: TYPE I). ACUTE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE EDEMA AND BRONCHIOSPASMS; CHRONIC CASES MAY DEVELOP PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA.
CURVULARIA IT MAY CAUSE CORNEAL INFECTIONS, MYCETOMA AND INFECTIONS IN IMMUNE COMPROMISED HOSTS.
EPICOCCUM A COMMON ALLERGEN FOUND IN PLANTS, SOIL, GRAINS, TEXTILES, AND PAPER PRODUCTS. SECONDARY INVADER OF DAMAGED PLANT TISSUE. COMMON CAUSE OF TYPE I ALLERGIES (HAY FEVER, ASTHMA). NO CASES OF INFECTION HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN HUMANS OR ANIMALS.
GANODERMA A VERY COMMON AIRBORNE BASIDIOSPORE. ALLERGIC REACTIONS RARELY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS GENUS.
HYPHAE NON SPORULATING PIECES OF FUNGAL ORGANISMS THAT CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED AS TO WHAT GENUS THEY ARE FROM. THEY ARE INDICATIVE OF ACTIVE GROWTH IN THE SAMPLING VICINITY.
NIGROSPORA RARELY FOUND GROWING INDOORS. OFTEN FOUND ON DECAYING PLANT MATERIAL AND SOIL. COMMON CAUSES OF TYPE I ALLERGIES (HAY FEVER, ASTHMA).
OTHER ASCOSPORES SPORES FROM ONE OF THE MAJOR CLASSES OF FUNGI THAT INCLUDESTHE
"SAC FUNGI" AND YEASTS. MOST ARE NOT ALLERGENIC OR TOXIC.
OTHER BASIDIOSPORES SPORES FROM ONE OF THE MAJOR CLASSES OF FUNGI THAT INCLUDE, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE MUSHROOMS, SHELF FUNGI, PUFFBALLS.
PENICILLIUM COMMONLY FOUND IN SOIL, FOOD, CELLULOSE, AND GRAINS. IT IS ALSO FOUND IN
PAINT AND COMPOST PILES. IT MAY CAUSE HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS AND
ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS IN SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUALS. COMMON CAUSE OF EXTRINSIC
ASTHMA (IMMEDIATE-TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY: TYPE I). ACUTE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE EDEMA AND BRONCHIOSPASMS; CHRONIC CASES MAY DEVELOP PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA.
PENICILLIUM/ASPERGILLUS THIS GROUP IS CONSIDERED COMMON TO INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS. IT IS WIDESPREAD IN THE SOIL AND ON PLANTS AND IS ALSO CONSIDERED A COMMON CONTAMINANT OF FOOD. IT HAS A MUSTY ODOR. IT IS COMMONLY BEING IMPLICATED IN PULMONARY DISEASE IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOSTS.
IT HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED TO CAUSE SKIN INFECTIONS. MANY SPECIES
PRODUCE MYCOTOXINS, WHICH MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE IN
HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS. TOXIN PRODUCTION IS DEPENDENT ON THE
STRAIN, OR ON THE FOOD SOURCE ON WHICH IT GROWS. SOME OF THESE
TOXINS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE CARCINOGENIC IN ANIMAL SPECIES.
SEVERAL TOXINS ARE CONSIDERED POTENTIAL HUMAN CARCINOGENS.
PITHOMYCES GROWS ON DEAD GRASS AND PLANTS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE FACIAL ECZEMA. CAUSES TYPE II ALLERGIES (HAYFEVER TYPE SYMPTOMS, ASTHMA).
PERONOSPORA ONE OF THE GENERA CAUSING DOWNEY MILDEW ON LEAVES, FLOWERS AND FRUITS OF HIGHER PLANTS. PERONOSPORA IS NOT COMMON IN INDOOR AIR.
PITHOMYCES GROWS ON DEAD GRASS AND PLANTS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE FACIAL ECZEMA. CAUSES TYPE II ALLERGIES (HAYFEVER TYPE SYMPTOMS,
ASTHMA).
POLYTHRINCIUM NATURAL HABITAT IS ON LEAVES. ALSO, SPORES MAY BE SEEN IN DUST AS PART OF THE NORMAL INFLUX OF OUTDOOR MICRBIAL PARTICLES.
OCCASIONALLY FOUND INDOORS. NO REPORTS OF HUMAN INFECTION.
RHODOTORULA IS COMMONLY IDENTIFIED IN INDOOR AIR SAMPLES. THEY CAN
CAUSE PROBLEMS IF A PERSON HAS HAD PREVIOUS EXPOSURE AND DEVELOPED HYPERSENSITIVITY. YEAST CAN BE ALLERGENIC TO SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHEN PRESENT IN SUFFICIENT CONCENTRATIONS
RUSTS FOUND IN GRASSES, FLOWERS, TREES AND OTHER LIVING PLANT MATERIALS.
COMMONLY CAUSES TYPE I ALLERGIES (HAY FEVER, ASTHMA) SYMPTOMS. NO
REPORTS OF HUMAN INFECTION. RUSTS DO NOT GROW INDOORS UNLESS HOST PLANTS ARE PRESENT. THEY ARE PARASITIC PLANT PATHOGENS AND NEED A LIVING HOST FOR GROWTH.
SMUTS, MYXOMYCETES COMMONLY FOUND ON CEREAL CROPS, GRASSES, WEEDS, OTHER FUNGI, AND ON OTHER FLOWERING PLANTS. OCCASIONALLY FOUND INDOORS. NO REPORTS OF HUMAN INFECTION.
STACHYBOTRYS THIS FUNGUS MAY PRODUCE A TRICHOTHECENE MYCOTOXIN- SATRATOXIN H - WHICH IS POISONOUS
BY INHALATION. THE TOXINS ARE PRESENT ON THE FUNGAL SPORES. THIS IS A SLOW GROWING
FUNGUS ON MEDIA. IT DOES NOT COMPETE WELL WITH OTHER RAPIDLY GROWING FUNGI. THE DARK
COLORED FUNGI GROWS ON BUILDING MATERIAL WITH A HIGH CELLULOSE CONTENT AND A LOW NITROGEN CONTENT. INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO THE TOXIN PRODUCED BY THIS FUNGUS REPORTED COLD AND FLU SYMPTOMS, SORE THROATS, DIARRHEA, HEADACHES, FATIGUE,
DERMATITIS, INTERMITTENT LOCAL HAIR LOSS, AND GENERALIZED MALAISE. THE TOXINS PRODUCED BY THIS FUNGUS WILL SUPPRESS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AFFECTING THE LYMPHOID TISSUE AND THE BONE MARROW. THE MYCOTOXIN IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE A LIVER AND KIDNEY CARCINOGEN. EFFECTS BY
ABSORPTION OF THE TOXIN IN THE HUMAN LUNG ARE KNOWN AS PNEUMOMYCOSIS. THIS ORGANISM IS
RARELY FOUND IN OUTDOOR SAMPLES. IT IS USUALLY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN INDOOR AIR SAMPLES UNLESS IT IS PHYSICALLY DISTURBED. THE SPORES ARE IN A GELATINOUS MASS. THE SPORES WILL DIE READILY AFTER RELEASE. THE DEAD SPORES ARE STILL ALLERGENIC AND TOXIGENIC.
TORULA COMMONLY FOUND IN SOIL, DEAD HERBACEOUS STEMS, WOOD, GRASSES, SUGAR BEET ROOT, GROUNDNUTS AND OATS. CAUSES TYPE I ALLERGIES (HAY FEVER, ASTHMA). NO REPORTS OF HUMAN INFECTION.
ULOCLADIUM ISOLATED FROM DEAD PLANTS, CELLULOSE MATERIALS, AND TEXTILES. CAUSES TYPE II ALLERGIES (HAYFEVER, FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS).
UNID HYPHOMYCETES SPORES IN THIS CATEGORY ARE THOSE THAT SCIENCE HAS NOT YET CLASSIFIED, OR SPORES THAT CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED WITH CERTAINTY. THE EXTENT OF THEIR ALLERGENICITY OR TOXICITY IS UNKNOWN.
ZYGOPHIALA TO BE DESCRIBED
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