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ADC Allergy
Patient Education
Some Common Molds
and Where They Are Located
Alternaria
One of the four most common allergenic molds, grows on
plants and plant material, easily made air-borne, released by
the wind during dry periods
Aspergillus
One of the four most common allergenic molds, common soil
fungus, released by the wind during dry periods, will grow on
almost any substrate, frequently found on damp hay, grain,
sausage, and fruits, commonly cultured from houses, especially
basements, crawl spaces, and bedding
Botrytis
Damaged or dead plants, dead leaves, and occasionally
prunings and fallen fruit, also can attack flowering plants,
especially petals, and fruits such as citrus, kiwi, and grapes
Candida
Normally found on the skin and on mucosal surfaces of
humans, including mouth, vagina, and intestinal tract
Cephalosporium
Common soil inhabitant, also isolated from dust in textile
plants
Cephalothecium
Chaetomium
Normally found in soil, also grows well on damp paper,
fabric, and straw
Curvularia
Soil-borne organism, also grows on plants and plant
material, spores are easily dispersed by mowing the grass,
released by the wind during dry periods .
Epicoccum
Normally a soil organism, released by the wind during dry
periods, often found on decaying plant and vegetable material,
plant leaves, uncooked fruit
Fusarium
Common field fungus, parasite on green plants such as peas,
beans, cotton, tomatoes, com, sweet potatoes, melons and rice,
also saprophytic on decaying plants, loosened during wet periods
and dispersed by raindrops
Gliocladium
Normal soil inhabitant, also grows on decomposing plant
debris, damp canvas, and occasionally on finished wood products
such as paper or cardboard
Helminthosporium
Common field fungus, parasite on cereal grain plants such as
com, wheat, oats, and rye, released by the wind during dry
periods
Hormodendrum
One of the four most common allergenic molds, found on
decomposing plants, leather, rubber, cloth, paper and wood
products, released outdoors in great numbers after rains and
damp weather
Monilia
Soil borne, also frequently grows on bread and pastries
Normal soil, soil around barns and barnyards
Mucor
Normal soil, soil around barns and barnyards
Mycogone species
Found in soil, casing, and straw
Nigrospora
Living grasses but also present on dead ones; easily
isolated from dead lawn grass in the autumn, released by the
wind during dry periods, also causes disease of certain fruits
and vegetables
Paecilomyces
Common soil inhabitant, also grows on damp paper and
decaying vegetable material
Penicillium
One of the four most common allergenic molds, soil
inhabitant, grows readily on fruits, breads, cheese and other
foods, commonly cultured from houses, especially basements,
crawl spaces, and bedding
Phoma
Paper products such as books and magazines, also certain
paints and green plants, outdoors loosened during wet periods
and dispersed by raindrops
Pullularia
Normally in soil, also decaying vegetation, plants and
chalking compounds, outdoors loosened during wet periods and
dispersed by raindrops
Rhizopus
Grows readily on bread, cured meats and root vegetables
indoors, on a variety of plants outdoors
Rhodotorula
A yeast, splash-dispersed, prominent at night and in wet
weather, high during fall rains, especially where fruit and
berry crops are grown, also often indoors
Saccharomyces
Brewer's yeast, widespread in nature, occurring in soil and
on plants
Spondylocladium
Decaying wood, potatoes and other plant material, released
by the wind during dry periods
Stemphylium
Damp paper, canvas and cotton fabric, decaying plant
material
Trichoderma
Decaying wood, pine stumps, damp cotton and wool, damp
basements, outdoors loosened during wet periods and dispersed by
raindrops
Trichophyton
Found as a fungal infection of the skin, primarily on the
foot
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