Abstract
1. 1. Spores of molds detectable on Sabouraud's agar, exposed at Havana, Cuba, were very abundant from October to February, and in a short period in late May and early April. 2. 2. The principal air-borne molds detected in the present study were Hormodendrum, Aspergillus, and yeasts, with many other genera being encountered occasionally. 3. 3. Of the asthma and rhinitis cases under our observation with sensitivity to fungi, 69 per cent became worse in winter, when the air-borne mold spores were, in our tests, most numerous; only 7 per cent were more pronounced in summer; 24 per cent were severe throughout the year. Thus, the time when the majority of these allergies were most severe coincided with the time when the spores of various fungi known to cause allergenic symptoms were most prevalent in the air of Havana.
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