Stachybotrys chartarum

Stachybotrys chartarum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Stachybotryaceae
Genus:	Stachybotrys
Species:	S. chartarum
Binomial name
	Stachybotrys chartarum; (Ehrenb.) S.Hughes (1958)
Synonyms
	List Stilbospora chartarum Ehrenb. (1818) ; Oospora chartarum (Ehrenb.) Wallr. (1833) ; Stachybotrys atrus Corda (1837) ; Sporocybe lobulata Berk. (1841) ; Stachybotrys lobulatus (Berk.) Berk. (1860) ; Stachybotrys scaber Cooke & Harkn. (1884) ; Stachybotrys atrogriseus Ellis & Everh. (1888) ; Stachybotrys atrus f. lobulatus Verona (1939) ; Stachybotrys atrus var. brevicaulis Verona (1939) ; Stachybotrys lobulatus var. angustisporus M.Moreau & Moreau (1941) ; Stachybotrys lobulatus var. macrus Pidopl. (1953) ;

Stachybotrys chartarum (/stækiːˈbɒtrɪs tʃɑːrˈtɛərəm/, stak-ee-BO-tris char-TARE-əm), also known as black mold is a species of microfungus that produces its conidia in slime heads.

Because of misinformation, S. chartarum has been inappropriately referred to as toxic mold. A variety of health problems have been misattributed to S. chartarum.