# Pollen & Mold

_Measured daily (weekday mornings) by the Houston Health Department laboratory, a certified National Allergy Bureau counting station. Regional count — valid guidance for Crosby, TX air._

**Count for Wednesday, Oct 14**

- Tree pollen: **Heavy** (117/m³)
- Weed pollen: **Heavy** (354/m³)
- Grass pollen: **Medium** (6/m³)
- Mold spores: **Medium** (9,180/m³)

## Tree pollen — counted today

- Ulmus (Elm): 117

## Weed pollen — counted today

- Ambrosia (Ragweed): 350
- Other weed pollen: 4

## Mold spores — counted today

- Ascospores: 5,483
- Cladosporium: 2,681
- Basidiospores: 267
- Smuts/Myxomycetes: 192
- Curvularia: 180
- Cercospora: 160
- Penicillium/Aspergillus: 127
- Dreshslera/Helminthosporium: 46
- Rusts: 14
- Nigrospora: 8
- Periconia: 6
- Pithomyces: 6
- Alternaria: 4
- Oidium/Erysiphe: 4
- Tetraploa: 2

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Source: Houston Health Department pollen and mold count (measured, National Allergy Bureau scale). · https://www.houstonhealth.org/Services/pollen-mold/houston-pollen-mold-count-wednesday-october-142026 · [crosbynews.com](https://crosbynews.com/)