First time in this forum- hope this is the right place for this question! looking for some help IDing this black mold cultured from my gf's drywall.  Will replace but want to know if this is something we should do right away- otherwise I'll wait til the weather warms.

The drywall was black, but the culture indicates that it's more olive-brown.  I'm assuming the green mold splotch is not of major concern.



Any ideas?  Can take some microscope shots if necessary.


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Re: Help IDing black mold [Re: nycomyco]
    #17749297 - 02/05/13 02:39 PM (22 hours, 9 minutes ago) 	

Looks like trich & black mold.
Nothing to worry about w/ the trich, but black mold is extremely dangerous.
I'd remove the infected drywall ASAP.


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Re: Help IDing black mold [Re: TranscendingLife]
    #17749656 - 02/05/13 03:47 PM (21 hours, 1 minute ago) 	

thanks- any ideas as to the genus/species?  from what i understand only 2 or so black molds are extremely dangerous.  don't wanna take down a wall in winter if i can help it.


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Re: Help IDing black mold [Re: nycomyco]
    #17749716 - 02/05/13 03:57 PM (20 hours, 51 minutes ago) 	

No idea on the species/genus. Sorry.

Here's a couple of sites I found doing a quick google search.