Myths and Facts About Black Mold

 

Myth #1: There is only one type of black mold, and it’s very bad.

Fact: In actuality, there are a lot of moulds that look black. The type of black mold that made the news years ago, associated with a lot of ill health effects, was called Stachybotrys (pronounced ‘stack-ee-bot-riss’). However, there are a ton of other molds that look black, and are fairly common and generally not of concern. The take-home message here is that not all black molds are ‘bad’.