(are-ee-oh-buh-syd’-ee-um) – Aureobasidium is a cosmopolitan, dematiaceous fungus commonly isolated from plant debris, soil, wood, textiles, and indoor air environment.  Aureobasidium pullulans is one of the causative agents of phaehyphomycosis.  It may cause keratomycosis, pulmonary mycosis with sepsis and other opportunistic infections, as well [..]

 Cladosporium, Alternaria, and Ulocladium

 Stachybotrys, Memnoniella,Trichoderma, Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium

 Aspergillus, Fusarium, Zygomycetes (includes Mucor and Rhizopus)

 (ack-ruh-moan’-ee-um) – contaminant / opportunistic pathogen, found in sewage, soil and vegetation.  It is commonly found in cultures and to a lesser extent tape-lifts.  Only a few species can survive at normal human body temperature, and infection is rare in normal immune systems.  Infections most commonly involve the cornea and nails.  Some spec [..]

(all-tur-nair’-ee-uh) – common allergen / contaminant / opportunistic pathogen, one of the most common molds found world wide in soil and on plants and can commonly can be found indoors (frequently appearing black on window frames).  It is an important airborne allergen and common agent for hay fever, asthma, and other allergy related symptoms. [..]

 (ar-thrin’-ee-um) – contaminant, found commonly on dead plants and in soil.  Generally not considered to have much health significance, but one species is reported to be an allergen.  IAQ significance relates to that it will grow in the same conditions as Stachybotrys (wet cellulose) and amplified amounts in indoor air could be a warning that cond [..]

(ass-co’-spores) – A large category of spores (produced in a sac-like structure) that are found everywhere in nature and include more than 3000 genera.  Most Ascospores of health or IAQ importance are identified separately by their genus (e.g. Chaetomium) when possible on a IAQ report, and the Ascospore category is used primarily on these reports f [..]

 (as-per-jill-us) – allergen / contaminant / opportunistic pathogen, commonly found in the environment around the world.  It comprises approximately 200 species and can appear almost any color.  Though commonly found on cultures, tape-lifts, and air samples, its spores are indistinguishable from Penicillium on non-cultured samples (like tape-lifts [..]

 (bah-sid-ee-oh’-spores) – Basidiospores are known as “higher fungi” or true mushrooms and are a general category of sexual spores that have been released from the basidium of a fungus.  This group of spores is ubiquitous in nature and is mainly found in gardens, forests, and woodlands.  Basidiospores are moisture driven as their spores disseminate [..]