TABLE 2.
Percentages of buildings positive for common fungal types by region and season
| Organism(s) | % of buildings positive
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| Far Westa
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Midwest
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Northeast
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| F (n = 54)b | SP (n = 47) | SU (n = 43) | W (n = 45) | F (n = 100) | SP (n = 87) | SU (n = 101) | W (n = 68) | F (n = 69) | SP (n = 86) | SU (n = 63) | W (n = 61) | |
| Aspergillus flavus | 2/4d | 0/0 | 5/5 | 0/0 | 2/6 | 5/1 | 8/6 | 3/4 | 7/4 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2/5 |
| Aspergillus fumigatus | 35/29 | 28/21 | 42/30 | 31/27 | 26/30 | 15/13 | 32/35 | 18/32 | 38/30 | 21/17 | 23/27 | 19/23 |
| Aspergillus niger | 31/44 | 13/6 | 30/37 | 9/13 | 23/29 | 14/1 | 32/28 | 13/13 | 25/28 | 9/2 | 13/21 | 11/3 |
| Aspergillus speciesc | 70/60 | 64/36 | 77/58 | 62/44 | 68/60 | 57/37 | 71/52 | 52/60 | 78/65 | 55/30 | 68/53 | 65/44 |
| Aspergillus versicolor | 43/11 | 34/9 | 56/21 | 33/4 | 39/15 | 36/3 | 38/7 | 33/16 | 41/12 | 24/9 | 40/10 | 44/18 |
| Acremonium | 11/2 | 2/9 | 5/5 | 4/4 | 14/4 | 8/1 | 15/4 | 4/1 | 10/6 | 5/2 | 11/3 | 6/0 |
| Alternaria | 24/25 | 15/15 | 9/14 | 9/13 | 15/20 | 9/13 | 21/27 | 10/10 | 14/14 | 1/6 | 16/19 | 8/5 |
| Aureobasidium | 17/9 | 19/13 | 5/9 | 16/16 | 14/7 | 10/10 | 7/8 | 4/6 | 17/30 | 9/18 | 10/18 | 16/8 |
| Candida | 11/13 | 19/15 | 12/16 | 24/24 | 18/17 | 7/20 | 10/16 | 10/7 | 16/25 | 9/13 | 16/15 | 3/11 |
| Cladosporium | 98/96 | 94/98 | 91/100 | 87/96 | 90/99 | 67/84 | 92/96 | 70/79 | 93/97 | 72/79 | 94/97 | 71/59 |
| Curvularia | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 3/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 7/1 | 0/0 | 8/3 | 3/0 |
| Epicoccum | 19/7 | 0/4 | 2/14 | 4/2 | 18/27 | 0/5 | 13/16 | 4/4 | 14/16 | 1/1 | 11/15 | 5/0 |
| Fusarium | 6/2 | 21/2 | 7/5 | 2/7 | 18/21 | 5/2 | 21/26 | 0/6 | 6/9 | 0/3 | 16/18 | 16/0 |
| Geotrichum | 24/22 | 36/30 | 21/12 | 36/62 | 26/29 | 23/36 | 23/25 | 24/49 | 35/26 | 29/37 | 31/34 | 21/41 |
| Hyalodendron | 17/0 | 13/13 | 12/9 | 9/2 | 4/0 | 11/14 | 8/5 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 20/29 | 21/6 | 2/2 |
| Nonsporulating fungi | 81/93 | 83/98 | 86/95 | 82/96 | 84/95 | 66/84 | 91/98 | 70/85 | 83/96 | 64/85 | 89/97 | 76/80 |
| Penicillium | 91/82 | 87/83 | 86/88 | 93/91 | 80/84 | 64/59 | 86/82 | 64/60 | 94/88 | 71/55 | 85/82 | 71/56 |
| Rhinocladiella | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/5 | 0/2 | 8/7 | 3/0 | 10/7 | 0/0 | 7/3 | 3/0 | 23/19 | 0/0 |
| Rhodotorula | 41/38 | 49/38 | 26/42 | 58/60 | 35/41 | 38/51 | 36/27 | 31/35 | 49/48 | 36/45 | 35/26 | 26/34 |
| S. chartarum | 15/2 | 9/2 | 5/0 | 4/2 | 8/0 | 7/1 | 8/2 | 6/0 | 10/0 | 5/1 | 3/2 | 6/2 |
| Trichoderma | 7/4 | 15/2 | 7/2 | 2/7 | 13/16 | 3/1 | 12/5 | 6/1 | 10/4 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 8/0 |
| Tritirachium | 24/9 | 9/9 | 9/14 | 18/2 | 56/37 | 13/6 | 30/22 | 16/3 | 48/39 | 15/1 | 32/15 | 8/2 |
| Unidentified fungi | 4/0 | 11/4 | 9/9 | 2/2 | 8/2 | 5/3 | 4/1 | 4/3 | 10/3 | 4/2 | 10/3 | 2/5 |
| Yeast | 20/13 | 19/28 | 21/19 | 29/20 | 19/12 | 20/15 | 35/17 | 21/25 | 35/20 | 20/24 | 35/10 | 24/34 |