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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO FUNGI………………………………………………..………6
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Study
of Fungi……………………..………………………………………........6
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Ecological Distribution……………………………………………………...... 8
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Importance……………………………………………………………………….8
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Fungi
Structure………………………………………………………………….9
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Nutrition and Metabolism…………………………………………………...13
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Reproduction…………………………………………………………………..14
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Characteristics of the Fungal Divisions…………………………………….14
WHAT ARE MOLD
MONSTERS?.............................................................................19
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Brief
Description………………………………………………………………19
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Common
Indoor Mold Monsters……………………………………………19
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Pathways of Exposure………………………………………………………...21
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Mold
Monster Health Impacts………………………………………………21
TYPES OF MOLD MONSTERS……………………………………………………..24
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What
are Allergenic Mold
Monsters?............................................................24
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What
are Pathogenic Mold
Monsters?...........................................................24
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What
are Toxigenic Mold
Monsters?.............................................................25
MOLD MONSTERS’ COMPLETE PROFILE……………………………………...26
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Absidia…………………………………………………………………………..28
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Acremonium…………………………………………………………………….32
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Alternaria…...…………………………………………………………………..37
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Aspergillus……………………………………………………………………...41
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A. flavus………………………………………………………………...49
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A. fumigatus……………………………………………………………51
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A. glaucus group……………………………………………………….55
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A. granulosus…………………………………………………………...57
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A. nidulans……………………………………………………………...59
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A.
niger…………………………………………………………………..61
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A. terreus……………………………………………………………..…64
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A. versicolor…………………………………………………………….66
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A. ustus………………………………………………………………….68
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Aureobasidium…………………………………………………………………70
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Basidiobolus……………………………………………………………………74
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Beauveria…………………………………………...…………………………..78
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Bipolaris…………………………………………………………………..…….81
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Blastomyces dermatitidis……………………………………………………..85
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Chaetomium…………………………………………………………………….90
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Cladosporium……………………………………………………..……………93
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Cladophialophora…………………………………...…………………………96
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Coccidioides immitis…………………………………………………………101
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Conidiobolus………………………………………………………………….106
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Cunninghamella………...………………….…………………………………110
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Curvularia…………………………………..…………………………………114
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Drechslera……………………………………………………………………..118
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Emmonsia………………………………...……………………………………121
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Epidermophyton………………………………………………………………124
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Exophiala……………………………………………...………………………128
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Exserohilum…………………………………………...………………………132
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Fonsecaea……………………………………………………………………...136
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Fusarium………………………………………………...……………………..141
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Geotrichum………………………………………...………………………….146
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Histoplasma capsulatum……………………………………………………149
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Lecythophora…………………….……………………………………………154
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Madurella………………………………………………...……………………157
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Microsporum……………………………………………………………….....161
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M. audouinii………………………………………………………….165
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M. canis………………………………………………………………..168
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M. ferrugineum…………………………………..……………………170
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M. gallinae…………………………………………………………….172
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M. gypseum……………………………………………………………174
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M. nanum…………………………………...…………………………176
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M. persicolor…………………………………………………………..178
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Mucor………...………………………………………………………………...180
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Paecilomyces……………………………...…………………………………..184
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis……………………………………………….188
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Penicillium…………………………………………………………………….192
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Phialophora…………………………………………………………………...197
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Phoma………………………………………………………………………….201
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Rhinocladiella……………………………...…………………………………204
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Rhizomucor…………………………………………………………………....207
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Rhizopus……………………………………………………………………….211
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Scedosporium………………………...………………………………………..216
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Scopulariopsis……...…………………………………………………………221
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Scytalidium……………………………………………………………………226
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Sporothrix schenckii………………………………………………….………229
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Sporotrichum………………………………………………………………….234
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Stachybotrys…………………………………………………………………..237
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Trichoderma…………………………………………….……………………..241
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Trichophyton………………………………………………………………….245
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T. concentricum…………………...………………………………………249
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T. equinum…………………………………………………………………252
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T. megninii…………………………………...…………………………….254
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T. mentagrophytes……………..…………………………………………255
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T. rubrum……………….………………………………………………….257
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T. schoenleinii..............................................................................................259
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T. soudanense…………………….………………………………………..262
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T. tonsurans……………………….………………………………………264
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T. verrucosum……………………………………………………………..266
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T. violaceum……………………………….………………………………268
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T. yaoundei………………………………………………………………...270
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Wangiella dermatitidis………………………………………………………271
CONTROLLING MOLD MONSTERS……………………………………...……275
MANAGEMENT OF MOLD MONSTER EXPOSURE…………………………277
REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………...278
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Online
references…………………………………………………………….278
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Book
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