How many different types of molds are there?

Answer 1

There are many different types of molds in existence. These are 5 of the molds commonly found in a house.

ASPERGILLUS

Over 185 species are appearing in many different colors and are commonly found in American households. It has long flask-shaped spores that can form thick layers or walls of the mold. This creates long chains of mold growth on surfaces.

Aspergillus is an allergenic mold, but it is also capable of becoming more toxic depending on the species and the environment affected. It can lead to symptoms like Asthma attacks, lung infections, and respiratory inflammation.

ACREMONIUM

This mold typically grows in humidifiers, cooling coils, drain pans and window sealants. It first starts as a small moist mold that turns into a fine powdery substance. Acremonium mold is often pink, grey, orange or white.

CHAETOMIUM

Chaetomium is a mold commonly found in water-damaged homes and buildings. This mold is usually found in a damp or leaking roof, basement or sink and maybe recognizable by its musty odor. This mold causes health effects such as skin and nail infections.

AUREOBASIDIUM

You can find this mold growing behind wallpaper or on painted walls or wooden surfaces. Aureobasidium usually develops in pink, brown or black color. As it ages, aureobasidium typically turns a darker brown color. This kind of mold can cause dermatitis or skin rash if directly touched with bare skin.

ALTERNARIA

This mold typically grows wherever dampness occurs like showers, bathtubs, and leaking sinks. Alternaria is the most common form of allergenic mold in the world. It’s a velvet-textured mold with dark green or brown hairs. Alternaria is also a common mold species that appear as a result of water damage to a home or building.

Hope this helps! If you have a mold problem in Georgia, ServiceMaster by Lovejoy's mold inspection and remediation services will help you prevent mold from returning to your home. There is a more urgent need for awareness than just the aesthetics of your home or business. Mold has very real health concerns. If you think you have mold you should call us at 678-293-0297 immediately! We have the needed equipment, professionals and experience to help you with your mold problems.

Answer 2

There are over 100,000 different types of molds that have been identified, but some estimates suggest that there could be up to 300,000 different species. These molds can vary in color, shape, and size, and they can be found in a wide range of environments.

Answer 3

Yes, there are many different types of moulds. They are generally divided into

• Allergenic moulds, which may cause allergic reactions in people who are susceptible to them
• Pathogenic moulds, which can cause infections, especially in people whose immune systems are compromised
• Toxigenic moulds which, as the name suggests, are toxic to anyone who comes into contact with them.

Each of these groups can then be broken to smaller divisions. Toxigenic moulds, for example, can be broken down into:

• Green moulds, of which there are over 185 species, are linked to Allergies or health problems.
• Black mould, or Stachybotrys, is very toxic, and causes animal and human mycotoxicosis.
• Red mould includes common mildew, and is found where conditions are damp. It often has the classic 'musty' odour.
• White mould also includes various mildews

Answer 4

Common moulds:

~ Acremonium

~Aspergillus

~Cladosporuim

~Fusarium

~Mucor

~Penicillium chrysogenum

~Rhizopus

~Stachybotrys

~Trichoderma

~tolypocladium inflatum

Answer 5

Rhizopus: Fungi of the species Rhizopus stolonifer are one of the most common and fastest growing fungi in the phylum Zygomycota. The black bread mold, as it is more commonly known, also causes rotting of fruits and some infections of humans. This species of fungus dissolves the food it grows inside of, using extracellular enzymes, then it absorbs the nutrients for use by the mold.

Neurospora: The red bread mold Neurospora crassa is one of the most important fungal species used by biologists, second only to baker's yeast. In 1958 George Wells Beadle and Edward Lawrie Tatum used red bread mold in their experiments, which led to the "one-gene-one-enzyme" hypothesis and the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Beadle and Tatum. Since Beadle and Tatum, scientists have used red bread mold in their experiments concerning epigenetics, gene silencing, cell fusion, and circadian rhythms.

Penicillium: Fungi of the genus Penicillium, when growing on bread, appear as blue-green to gray fuzzy patches of colonies with white borders. Penicillium fungi grow well at low temperatures, so if you find mold growing on bread kept in the refrigerator, it is probably Penicillium. Apart from ruining your bread, Penicillium was the first mold found to produce antibiotics, and it is used by physicians to kill specific types of bacteria in the body. The mold growing on your bread, however, is probably a different species of Penicillium and should not be eaten as many people are allergic to it and can suffer severe reactions.

Answer 6

The 100,000 identified species of organisms commonly classed together as fungi are customarily divided into four divisions: Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Deuteromycota.

Zygomycota includes black bread mold and molds, such as those of the genus Glomus, that form important symbiotic relationships with plants.

Ascomycota includes yeasts, the powdery mildews, the black and blue-green molds, edible types such as the morel and the truffle, and species that cause such diseases of plants as Dutch elm disease, chestnut blight, apple scab, and ergot.


Basidiomycota includes the gill fungi (most mushrooms), the pore fungi (e.g., the bracket fungi, which grow shell-like on trees, and an edible type called tuckahoe), and the puffballs. It also includes the fungi that cause smut and rust in plants.

Deuteromycota comprises a miscellaneous assortment of fungi that do fit neatly in other divisions; they have in common an apparent lack of sexual reproductive features. Also called Fungi Imperfecti, the group includes species that help create Roquefort and Camembert cheeses, that cause diseases of plants and of animals (athlete's foot and ringworm), and that produce penicillin.

Answer 7

There are many different types of molds in existence. These are 5 of the molds commonly found in a house.

ASPERGILLUS

Over 185 species are appearing in many different colors and are commonly found in American households. It has long flask-shaped spores that can form thick layers or walls of the mold. This creates long chains of mold growth on surfaces.

Aspergillus is an allergenic mold, but it is also capable of becoming more toxic depending on the species and the environment affected. It can lead to symptoms like Asthma attacks, lung infections, and respiratory inflammation.

ACREMONIUM

This mold typically grows in humidifiers, cooling coils, drain pans and window sealants. It first starts as a small moist mold that turns into a fine powdery substance. Acremonium mold is often pink, grey, orange or white.

CHAETOMIUM

Chaetomium is a mold commonly found in water-damaged homes and buildings. This mold is usually found in a damp or leaking roof, basement or sink and maybe recognizable by its musty odor. This mold causes health effects such as skin and nail infections.

AUREOBASIDIUM

You can find this mold growing behind wallpaper or on painted walls or wooden surfaces. Aureobasidium usually develops in pink, brown or black color. As it ages, aureobasidium typically turns a darker brown color. This kind of mold can cause dermatitis or skin rash if directly touched with bare skin.

ALTERNARIA

This mold typically grows wherever dampness occurs like showers, bathtubs, and leaking sinks. Alternaria is the most common form of allergenic mold in the world. It’s a velvet-textured mold with dark green or brown hairs. Alternaria is also a common mold species that appear as a result of water damage to a home or building.

Hope this helps! If you have a mold problem in Georgia, ServiceMaster by Lovejoy's mold inspection and remediation services will help you prevent mold from returning to your home. There is a more urgent need for awareness than just the aesthetics of your home or business. Mold has very real health concerns. If you think you have mold you should call us at 678-293-0297 immediately! We have the needed equipment, professionals and experience to help you with your mold problems.

Answer 8

There are over 40,00 types of mold that are known to the world.

Answer 9

different types of mold

Answer 10

Yes there are many types of mold.