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How to identify your type
of mold.
(Thanks to Donald Smith <dasmith@txdirect.net>
for providing this information.)
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> If you want to identify a colony of fungi (mold) you'll have to
send it
> to a laboratory that specializes in mycological cultures.
I've had a
> major problem with mold growing in the gaps of the "cardboard"
siding on
> my home for several years. Some of it is black, and some
of it is
> bright orange.
>
> I sent some samples to the following laboratory:
>
> Mycotech Biologicals
> 2484 F. M. 39 North
> Jewett, Texas 75846
>
> Telephone: 1-800-272-3716
>
1-903-626-6007
>
> Each sample costs $35 for testing. I sent in two
samples, one of the
> black mold and one of the orange mold, for a total cost of
$70.
>
> Fungi grow very slowly in the laboratory, so you'll have to
wait at
> least a month for a report.
>
> Mine turned out to be Penicillium species (an aeroallergen)
and
> Cladosporium species (an aeroallergen and an opportunistic
pathogen).
>
> You'll need to collect your samples before you treat them with
Clorox or
> other fungicides. Once you treat the colonies with fungicide,
they are
> worthless as laboratory cultures.
>
> If you want to submit a culture, be sure to call the laboratory
in
> advance. They will give you instructions on how to properly
collect the
> molds using a plastic zip-loc baggie. The laboratory
technicians will
> want to know where the sample came from, what it looked like
"in situ",
> the diameter of the colony, and so on.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Don Smith
> San Antonio, Texas
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