Table 1.
Percentage of air samples containing various fungal genera, identified by microscopic observation
| Frequency of mold genera (% of samples)
|
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|---|---|---|
| Fungal genera | Indoor data (n = 144) | Outdoor data (n = 147) |
| Penicillium/Aspergillus type | 90 | 100 |
| Cladosporium | 85 | 99 |
| Basidiospores | 74 | 91 |
| Ascospores | 72 | 99 |
| Unknown | 62 | 91 |
| Smuts/myxomycetes | 59 | 80 |
| Alternaria | 27 | 59 |
| Ganoderma | 23 | 47 |
| Epicoccum | 20 | 59 |
| Pithomyces | 17 | 25 |
| Torula | 10 | 16 |
| Nigrospora | 8 | 24 |
| Oidium | 8 | 5 |
| Periconia | 7 | 14 |
| Curvularia | 7 | 12 |
| Cercospora | 4 | 22 |
| Rusts | 3 | 27 |
| Agrocybe | 3 | 12 |
| Peronospora | 3 | 8 |
| Bispora | 3 | 3 |
| Chaetomium | 2 | 1 |
| Drechslera | 2 | 6 |
| Fusarium | 1 | 5 |
| Polythrincium | 1 | 18 |
| Tetracoccosporium | 1 | 5 |
| Botrytis | 0 | 3 |