is a yeast-like fungus, which is commonly found on the silicon caulk used in bathrooms and kitchens, on damp window frames, and in shower tracks. Aureobasidium produces two types of spores. While one [..]

 is frequently isolated from air, cellulose materials, decaying or dead plant materials, dust (especially mattress dust), gypsum board, soil, paper, paint, textiles, water from humidifiers and wood.  [..]

 is a ubiquitous outdoor fungal organism found in soil, dead herbaceous stems, wood, grasses, sugar beet root, groundnuts and oats and is commonly associated with Type I allergies (hay fever, asthma). [..]

 requires high water activity levels to grow. They are hydrophilic (moisture-loving or high water activity) and are considered a moisture indicator. Stachybotrys is a slow spore produce and it grows o [..]

 has a worldwide distribution and is commonly isolated from air and dust (especially in warmer climates).  This rapid growing, large group of under studied fungi is closely related to Penicillium and [..]

 is classified as a bracket fungus. The spores have an orange inner wall and spines that penetrate a colorless outer wall (double walled). They produce bracket or conk mushrooms on trees. Their basidi [..]

 are common indoor and outdoor airborne flora (there are approximately 60 species), which have a worldwide distribution.  These molds are considered secondary invaders and are commonly isolated from m [..]

 is the most frequently found genus of fungi in outdoor air in temperate climates and the enzymes are especially suited for the breakdown of cellulose, pectin and lignin.  There are more than 500 spec [..]

 are a general category of spores that have been produced by means of sexual reproduction (in a sack-like structure called an ascus). These are ubiquitous saprobes and plant pathogens, many of which a [..]

 are fungal organisms very commonly isolated from outdoor air samples (seasonally varied in late summer with a worldwide distribution) and are found in association with house dust, acrylic paint, food [..]