Test Your Knowledge - November 2002

photo-9How does your understanding of mold-related issues compare to what the experts are saying?

1. True or false? Fusarium sp. may produce macroconidia, microconidia or chlamydospores. In order to identify a Fusarium species with certainty, only one of these anamorphic forms needs to be seen.

2. True or false? A visual inspection of the spores is the best way to recognize the genus Cladosporium, although it is very difficult to make a microscope mount of the whole structure of a Cladosporium sp.

3. Which of the following four statements about Stachybotrys sp. is true?