Every species is a message about your building.
Molds are moisture forensics. Some species require weeks of saturation and prove a long-duration leak; others thrive on humidity alone and indict the whole environment. Read each profile for what the organism tells you about the water — because the water is always the real story.
Stachybotrys chartarum
The organism behind the 'black mold' headlines
SPECIES FILEAspergillus species
The most common genus in water-damaged building assessments
SPECIES FILEPenicillium species
The blue-green early responder
SPECIES FILEChaetomium globosum
The cellulose specialist that signals chronic saturation
SPECIES FILECladosporium species
The most common mold on earth, indoors and out
SPECIES FILEAlternaria alternata
The outdoor allergen that follows moisture indoors
SPECIES FILEFusarium species
The water-transported colonizer of wet materials
SPECIES FILEWallemia sebi
The dry-tolerant dust dweller
SPECIES FILETrichoderma species
The aggressive green colonizer of soaked wood
SPECIES FILEAureobasidium pullulans
The pink-to-black yeast-like resident of wet surfaces
SPECIES FILEMucor and Rhizopus species
The fast fuzzy colonizers of the very wet
SPECIES FILEMemnoniella echinata
Stachybotrys' close relative on the same wet cellulose
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