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Stachybotrys chartarum (/ s t æ k iː ˈ b ɒ t r ɪ s tʃ ɑː r ˈ t ɛər ə m /, stak-ee-BO-tris char-TARE-əm, [2] also known as black mold [3] is a species of microfungus that produces its conidia in slime heads. Because of misinformation, S. chartarum has been inappropriately referred to as toxic mold.
The genus was named in honor of the 19th-century French pharmacist Antonin Baudoin, who first recorded the description of a black, sooty mold that grew near distilleries in Cognac, France. [2] The story of the rediscovery and renaming of this genus was told in an article in the magazine Wired in 2011. [4]
The mold is considered to have been present in the cave soil and exposed by the work of tradesmen, leading to the spread of the fungus which was treated with quicklime. In 2007, a new fungus, which has created grey and black blemishes, began spreading in the real cave. As of 2008, the cave contained black mold. In January 2008, authorities ...
Black mold can be cleaned using these products and a specific mixture of bleach and water. Online searches for black mold hit their highest levels ever in August (Getty Images/iStock)
The most infamous species, Stachybotrys chartarum (previously known as Stachybotrys atra) and Stachybotrys chlorohalonata, are known as black mold or toxic black mold in the U.S., and are frequently associated with poor indoor air quality that arises after fungal growth on water-damaged building materials. [9]
Mold allergies are present in a minority of the population that is genetically predisposed to mold, and usually this allergy is not life threatening. Black molds, or so called toxic molds, can ...
Inspectors found green mold in a container of mac and cheese and black mold in the ice machine. The grill had containers of sauteed onions, steak chunks in broth, pork in broth, diced steak and ...
Black mold or black mould may refer to: Stachybotrys chartarum, common in water-damaged buildings; Aspergillus niger, the most common species of the genus Aspergillus; Black Mold, a 2023 American psychological horror thriller film; Black bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer), a widely distributed thread-like mucoralean mold commonly found on bread ...