Mould Monsters Book
co-authored by mould microbiologist
Ma. Adee Light
E. Hilado
and mould consultant Phillip Fry
Learn in plain English in the new e-book
Mould Monsters, a 279 page
definitive explanation---
(1) biological facts you need to know about mould species and mould growth;
(2) in depth information about the 100 most dangerous indoor mould species.
The book is illustrated with dozens of color
photographs of various mold species as seen under the microscope.
Learn the dept of the mould information provided to you in this book by
reading the
Table of Contents below.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO FUNGI
6
v
Study
of Fungi
..
6
v
Ecological Distribution
8
v
Importance
8
v Fungi
Structure
9
v
Nutrition and Metabolism
13
v
Reproduction
14
v Characteristics
of the Fungal Divisions
14
WHAT ARE MOULD MONSTERS?.........................19
v
Brief
Description
19
v
Common
Indoor Mould Monsters
19
v
Pathways of Exposure
21
v
Mould
Monster Health Impacts
21
TYPES OF MOULD MONSTERS
24
v
What
are Allergenic Mould Monsters?..........24
v What
are Pathogenic Mould Monsters?.........24
v
What
are Toxigenic Mould Monsters?...........25
MOULD MONSTERS COMPLETE PROFILE ..
26
v
Absidia
28
v
Acremonium
32
v
Alternaria
...
37
v
Aspergillus
41
§
A. flavus
49
§
A. fumigatus
51
§
A. glaucus group
55
§
A. granulosus
57
§
A. nidulans
59
§
A.
niger
61
§
A. terreus
64
§
A. versicolor
66
§
A. ustus
68
v
Aureobasidium
70
v
Basidiobolus
74
v
Beauveria
78
v
Bipolaris
81
v
Blastomyces dermatitidis
85
v
Chaetomium
90
v
Cladosporium
93
v
Cladophialophora
96
v
Coccidioides immitis
101
v
Conidiobolus
106
v
Cunninghamella
...
110
v
Curvularia
.114
v
Drechslera
118
v
Emmonsia
...121
v
Epidermophyton
124
v
Exophiala
128
v
Exserohilum
132
v
Fonsecaea
136
v
Fusarium
141
v
Geotrichum
146
v
Histoplasma capsulatum
149
v
Lecythophora
.
154
v
Madurella
157
v
Microsporum
161
§
M. audouinii
165
§
M. canis
168
§
M. ferrugineum
170
§
M. gallinae
172
§
M. gypseum
174
§
M. nanum
176
§
M. persicolor
178
v
Mucor
...
180
v
Paecilomyces
...
184
v
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
188
v
Penicillium
192
v
Phialophora
197
v
Phoma
201
v
Rhinocladiella
...204
v
Rhizomucor
207
v
Rhizopus
211
v
Scedosporium
...
216
v
Scopulariopsis
...
221
v
Scytalidium
226
v
Sporothrix schenckii
229
v
Sporotrichum
234
v
Stachybotrys
237
v
Trichoderma
241
v
Trichophyton
245
§
T. concentricum
...
249
§ T. equinum
252
§ T. megninii
...
254
§
T. mentagrophytes
..
255
§ T. rubrum
.
257
§ T. schoenleinii.....................................................259
§
T. soudanense
.
262
§
T. tonsurans
.
264
§
T. verrucosum
266
§ T. violaceum
.
268
§
T. yaoundei
270
v
Wangiella dermatitidis
271
CONTROLLING MOULD MONSTERS
275
MANAGEMENT OF MOULD MONSTER EXPOSURE
277
REFERENCES
278
v
Online
references
278
v
Book
references
279