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1 MYCOTAXON CONSULTING LTD. 3 Rockwood Ave. Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3N 1X4 Phone: Fax: Ms. Joan Moore Eastern School District 234 Shakespeare Dr. Stratford, Prince Edward Island C1B 2V8. Dear Ms. Moore: January 5, 2011 Herewith is the list of fungi recovered from the air samples from your project Spring Park School, which were received by this laboratory on December 24, SAMPLE CFU/m 3 SPECIES 1. rm Cladosporium cladosporioides (46)* yeasts (15) Ulocladium chartarum (15) non-sporulating isolate (11) Epicoccum nigrum (8) Penicillium spinulosum (3) Aspergillus sp.** (1) 2. rm Cladosporium cladosporioides (13) yeasts (11) Ulocladium chartarum (9) Penicillium spinulosum (6) 3. rm Penicillium chrysogenum (56) Cladosporium cladosporioides (37) yeasts (24) Epicoccum nigrum (10) non-sporulating isolate (9) Ulocladium chartarum (6) Rhizopus stolonifer (1)

2 4. rm yeasts (17) Cladosporium cladosporioides (9) Aspergillus versicolor (6) Aspergillus ustus (1) 5. gr. 6 corridor 56 Cladosporium cladosporioides (5) 6. girl s wash 119 Cladosporium cladosporioides (5) non-sporulating isolate (5) Penicillium chrysogenum (5) Alternaria alternata (1) Scopulariopsis candida (1) 7. boy s wash 331 Aspergillus versicolor (37) Penicillium chrysogenum (8) Ulocladium chartarum (3) yeasts (3) 8. admin area 194 Penicillium chrysogenum (10) Cladosporium cladosporioides (7) Epicoccum nigrum (5) yeasts (4) Ulocladium chartarum (4) 9. main corridor 163 Ulocladium chartarum (7) non-sporulating isolate (6) Cladosporium cladosporioides (5) Epicoccum nigrum (4) 10. V.P. guidance area 38 Trichoderma harzianum (3) 11. rm non-sporulating isolate (9) yeasts (9) Cladosporium cladosporioides (8) Aspergillus versicolor (3) Epicoccum nigrum (2)

3 12. rm Cladosporium cladosporioides (9) yeasts (6) Epicoccum nigrum (4) Ulocladium chartarum (4) non-sporulating isolate (4) Alternaria alternata (1) 13. kitchen 38 Penicillium spinulosum (1) Cladosporium cladosporioides (1) Aspergillus versicolor (1) 14. girl s washroom 44 Cladosporium cladosporioides (3) 15. boy s washroom 50 Trichoderma harzianum (6) Cladosporium cladosporioides (1) 16. rm rm Cladosporium cladosporioides (3) Penicillium chrysogenum (2) 18. rm non-sporulating isolate (4) Cladosporium sphaerospermum (1) 19. rm Trichoderma harzianum (3) Mycotypha sp. (1) 20. library 25 Cladosporium cladosporioides (3) 21. comp. lab. 31 Cladosporium cladosporioides (4) 22. rm yeasts (26) Aspergillus versicolor (15) non-sporulating isolate (15) Cladosporium cladosporioides (12) Penicillium chrysogenum (10)

4 23. rm yeasts (9) non-sporulating isolate (2) Cladosporium sphaerospermum (1) 24. rm Cladosporium cladosporioides (3) Epicoccum nigrum (1) 25. girl s wash 131 yeasts (18) Penicillium corylophilum (1) 26. boy s wash 163 Cladosporium cladosporioides (10) yeasts (5) Aspergillus versicolor (4) Trichoderma harzianum (4) Mycotypha sp. (1) Penicillium corylophilum (1) Aspergillus ochraceus (1) 27. rm Cladosporium cladosporioides (4) yeasts (4) Penicillium spinulosum (2) Epicoccum nigrum (1) 28. rm Cladosporium cladosporioides (41) yeasts (27) Aspergillus versicolor (8) Ulocladium chartarum (6) Penicillium chrysogenum (2) 29. rm Cladosporium cladosporioides (18) Aspergillus ochraceus (14) yeasts (5) Epicoccum nigrum (2) 30. rm Cladosporium sphaerospermum (68) yeasts (18) Cladosporium cladosporioides (12) non-sporulating isolate (8)

5 31. rm Cladosporium sphaerospermum (14) Ulocladium chartarum (11) Aspergillus versicolor (6) Cladosporium cladosporioides (5) Epicoccum nigrum (5) non-sporulating isolate (4) Penicillium corylophilum (2) 32. rm yeasts (9) 33. rm Cladosporium cladosporioides (3) non-sporulating isolate (2) 34. rm Cladosporium sphaerospermum (11) yeasts (11) Ulocladium chartarum (5) Cladosporium cladosporioides (3) non-sporulating isolate (3) 35. music 200 Cladosporium cladosporioides (11) yeasts (7) non-sporulating isolate (6) Aspergillus versicolor (3) Cladosporium sphaerospermum (2) Acremonium strictum (1) Aspergillus ustus (1) 36. lower corr. 163 Penicillium corylophilum (5) non-sporulating isolate (3) Scopulariopsis candida (3) Ulocladium chartarum (3) Aspergillus ochraceus (3) Cladosporium sphaerospermum (3) Epicoccum nigrum (1) 37. gym equip. 25 Cladosporium cladosporioides (4) 38. boy s wash 375 Cladosporium sphaerospermum (42) Cladosporium cladosporioides (9) non-sporulating isolate (2) Penicillium corylophilum (1)

6 39. girl s wash 844 Cladosporium sphaerospermum (85) yeasts (19) Cladosporium cladosporioides (9) Ulocladium chartarum (6) non-sporulating isolate (3) Aspergillus versicolor (3) Epicoccum nigrum (2) Penicillium chrysogenum (2) Penicillium spinulosum (2) Mycotypha sp. (1) 40. rm yeasts (10) Cladosporium sphaerospermum (9) non-sporulating isolate (8) 41. rm Cladosporium sphaerospermum (120) Cladosporium cladosporioides (10) non-sporulating isolate (6) Penicillium brevicompactum (1) 42. gym 644 Cladosporium cladosporioides (47) yeasts (17) Penicillium chrysogenum (16) Epicoccum nigrum (9) non-sporulating isolate (9) Scopulariopsis candida (1) 43. outdoor 19 Cladosporium cladosporioides (1) *Numbers in parenthesis are spore counts for each taxon recovered in sample **Species identification rendered impossible due to fungal overgrowth I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions concerning this report, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely yours, Mycotaxon Consulting Ltd. AIHA (EMPAT) Proficient Laboratory Per: Thomas G. Rand, Ph.D. Mycology

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