One type of mold considered a major trigger of asthma is alternaria, Ghosh said. The Texas Panhandle has a large farming community and a source of mold is dying crops, he said. “Of the mold growing on the surface of plants when dying off, 90 percent is alternaria,” Ghosh said.

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