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Disaster Advice Glossary
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Disaster recovery and restoration can be veiled in mystery to the many who have not undertaken specific training. This glossary explains technical terms to assist both report writing and the understanding of those technical terms so often misunderstood.
Definitions
| Acremonium: |
Fungi which are members of the genus that are found in soil, on decaying plant matter and compost, including dead wood. Education Note: Acremonium can be identified in indoor air samples after a water damage, and its presence may warrant further investigation in determining why it is indoors. |
| Viable Fungi Colours: |
When fungi and molds are alive they are multi-colored from red, pink to orange. Some common examples are: Black Color Fungi - Alternaria, Chaetomium, Ulocladium and Stachybotrys. Stachybotrys produces a very deep black to dark purple color. Green Color Fungi - Aspergillus and Penicillium species. When these species sporulate, they turn a velvety green. The mycelia growth itself, is typically white. White Color Fungi - Fusarium, yeasts and mycelia growth, indicating the start of mold growth or young non-sporulating growth, such as identified on Acremonium, Aspergillus and Penicillium, during their youth growth cycle and before maturity. |
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