TABLE 2.
Frequencies of fungal spore taxa detecteda
| Taxon | Frequency (%) in:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Indoor samples (n = 20) | Outdoor samples (n = 11) | |
| Penicillium/Aspergillus/Paecilomyces-likeb | 100 | 100 |
| Unidentifiable | 100 | 91 |
| Aspergillus niger | 95 | 55 |
| Cladosporium | 80 | 100 |
| Basidiospores | 65 | 64 |
| Chaetomium | 50 | 45 |
| Ascospores | 35 | 27 |
| Zygomycetes | 35 | 0 |
| Stachybotrys | 25 | 27 |
| Trichoderma | 25 | 0 |
| Alternaria | 20 | 9 |
| Curvularia | 20 | 45 |
| Smut | 20 | 64 |
| Scopulariopsis | 15 | 0 |
| Epicoccum nigrum | 10 | 0 |
| Memnoniella | 10 | 0 |
| Torula | 10 | 9 |
| Beltrania | 5 | 0 |
| Cercospora | 5 | 9 |
| Drechslera/Bipolaris | 0 | 27 |
| Fusarium | 0 | 9 |
| Nigrospora | 0 | 9 |
| Rust | 0 | 9 |
| Spegazzinia | 0 | 9 |
a
Identified by direct microscopy. The frequency value indicates the percentage of samples with at least one spore of a given fungal taxon.
b
Spores of these taxa were grouped since they are indistinguishable from one another, except for Aspergillus niger, which is listed separately.