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| Natural Habitat | - Found in decaying or dead plant materials
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| Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment | - Commonly encountered in wet, cellulose-based building materials
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| Water Activity | - Grows well indoors when there is high water content (>0.90 Aw).
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| Mode of Dissemination | - Older spores can be dislodged by wind
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| Allergenic Potential | - Type I (hay fever, asthma)
Type III (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) |
| Potential Opportunist or Pathogen | - Known to cause hyalohyphomycosis, keratitis, mycetoma, and onychomycosis
- Also known to cause infections in immunodeficient patients
- Causes infections in persons with wound injuries
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| Other Comments | - There are 100 known species
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