Close to 100,000 species of fungi have been described. However, only a small number has been reported indoors. The most common indoor fungi include some species of Cladosporium, Aspergillus, and Penicillium. These may be found growing on damp wall surfaces in the basement, washroom, kitchen, windowsills, and ceiling tiles.

Below is a list of fungi that have been found in indoor environment. Click the name of the fungus (if the link is active) to get some details about its ecology and associated health effects where known.

Fungi that have been reported from indoor environment

Absidia corymbifera

Acremonium Species
Acremonium strictum

Alternaria Species
Alternaria alternata

Aspergillus Species
Aspergillus candidus
Aspergillus clavatus
Aspergillus flavipes
Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus fumigatus.
Aspergillus nidulans
Aspergillus niger.
Aspergillus niveus.
Aspergillus ochraceous.
Aspergillus penicillioides
Aspergillus restrictus
Aspergillus sydowii
Aspergillus tamarii
Aspergillus terreus.
Aspergillus ustus
Aspergillus versicolor
Aspergillus wentii

Aureobasidium pullulans

Chaetomium globosum

Chrysonilia Species
Chrysonilia crassa
Chrysonilia sitophila

Cladosporium Species
Cladosporium cladosporioides
Cladosporium herbarum
Cladosporium sphaerospermum

Curvularia Species
Curvularia aureum
Curvularia geniculata
Curvularia lunata


Emericella nidulans (=Aspergillus nidulans)

Epicoccum nigrum

Eurotium Species
Eurotium amstelodami
Eurotium chevalieri
Eurotium herbariorum

Exophiala jeanselmei group

Fusarium Species
Fusarium culmorum
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium solani
Fusarium verticillioides (= Fusarium moniliforme)

Geomyces pannorum.

Geotrichum candidum

Gliocladium Species

Gliomastix murorum

Memnoniella echinulata

Mucor Species
Mucor hiemalis
Mucor mucedo
Mucor plumbeus
Mucor racemosus

Myrothecium verrucaria

Oidiodendron Species
Oidiodendron griseum
Oidiodendron tenuissimum

Paecilomyces Species
Paecilomyces lilacinus
Paecilomyces variotii

Penicillium Species
Penicillium aurantiogriseum
Penicillium brevicompactum
Penicillium chrysogenum
Penicillium citrinum.
Penicillium commune
Penicillium corylophilum
Penicillium crustosum
Penicillium expansum
Penicillium funiculosum
Penicillium glabrum
Penicillium janthinellum
Penicillium olsonii
Penicillium polonicum
Penicillium roqueforti
Penicillium rugulosum
Penicillium simplicissimum
Penicillium spinulosum
Penicillium variabile.
Penicillium viridicatum

Phialophora Species
Phialophora fastigiata

Phoma Species
Phoma glomerata
Phoma macrostoma

Pithomyces Species
Pithomyces chartarum
Pithomyces Species

Rhizopus stolonifer

Scopulariopsis Species
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
Scopulariopsis candida
Scopulariopsis fusca
Scopulariopsis Species

Sistotrema brinkmanii.

Sporothrix Species
Sporothrix schenckii.

Stachybotrys chartarum

Stemphylium botryosum

Syncephalastrum racemosum


Trichoderma Species
Trichoderma harzianum
Trichoderma viride

Ulocladium Species
Ulocladium botrytis
Ulocladium chartarum

Wallemia sebi



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