Mold

The fungi listed below are commonly identified in outdoor air and in North American buildings. Health effects listed for the fungi often represent worst-case exposure information. These health effects may be used as a guide when consulting with a physician about a medical condition. Please ask before using any of the images on this website; contact Neil Carlson for permissions, questions, or comments.

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Absidia spp.	Acremonium spp.	Alternaria spp.	Aspergillus clavatus
Aspergillus flavus	Aspergillus fumigatus	Aspergillus glaucus (Eurotium spp.)	Aspergillus nidulans (Emericella spp.)
Aspergillus niger	Aspergillus ochraceus	Aspergillus parasiticus	Aspergillus penicilloides
Aspergillus restrictus	Aspergillus spp.	Aspergillus sydowi	Aspergillus terreus
Aspergillus ustus	Aspergillus versicolor	Basidiomycetes	Bipolaris spp.
Botrytis spp.	Candida spp.	Chaetomium spp.	Cladosporium spp. (Hormodendrum spp.)
Cladosporium sphaerospermum	Conidobolus spp.	Cunninghamella spp.	Curvularia spp.
Dreschlera sp.	Epicoccum sp.	Fusarium solani	Fusarium sp.
Geotrichum sp.	Gliocladium sp. (Trichoderma sp.)	Helminthosporium sp.	Histoplasma sp.
Humicola sp.	Hyaline Mycelia (fungal hyphae)	Memnoniella spp.	Microsporum spp.
Monilia spp.	Mucor spp.	Nigrospora spp.	Pachnocybe sp.
Paecilomyces sp.	Papulospora sp.	Penicillium sp.	Periconia sp.
Phoma sp.	Pithomyces sp.	Rhizomucor sp.	Rhizopus sp.
Rhodotorula sp.	Saccharomyces spp.	Scopulariopsis spp.	Serpula lacrymans
Sporobolomyces spp.	Sporothrix spp.	Sporotrichum spp.	Stachybotrys spp.
Stemphylium spp.	Syncephalastrum spp.	Taeoniolella spp.	Torula spp.
Trichoderma spp.	Trichophyton spp.	Trichothecium spp.	Tritirachium spp.
Ulocladium spp.	Verticillium spp.	Wallemia spp.	Yeast