# 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 Thursday, Jul 16**

- Tree pollen: **None** (0/m³)
- Weed pollen: **Low** (6/m³)
- Grass pollen: **Medium** (6/m³)
- Mold spores: **Heavy** (13,823/m³)

## Weed pollen — counted today

- Other weed pollen: 4
- Plantago (Plantain): 2

## Mold spores — counted today

- Ascospores: 9,063
- Basidiospores: 3,165
- Cladosporium: 1,245
- Penicillium/Aspergillus: 226
- Smuts/Myxomycetes: 68
- Cercospora: 28
- Curvularia: 18
- Dreshslera/Helminthosporium: 4

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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-thursday-july-16-2026 · [crosbynews.com](https://crosbynews.com/)