Fungi are one of the eukaryotic microorganisms that can be found in various places, both outdoors such as on soil, plants and indoors and on the human body. Mold can grow on prayer mats because they generally have open ventilation and are frequently accessed so that various materials from outside can enter the mosque and become pollutants because prayer mats that are on the floor make it easier for fungal spore particles to stick to the surface of the prayer mat. Contact between humans and prayer mats infected with pathogenic fungi can increase the risk of fungal infections (mycosis). This study aims to identification of fungi in the Tarbiyyahtish Shihhah Mosque, Health Polytechnic, Ministry of Health, Bengkulu, needs to be carried out to see whether there are Aspergillus Sp fungi. The research sample was taken as many as 30 samples using a sampling technique using simple random sampling. Based on the results of research on samples of mosque prayer mats, it is known that of the 30 samples examined, 5 samples (16.6%) of mosque prayer rugs were found to be infected with Aspergillus Sp fungus and (83.4%) were not infected with Aspergillus Sp fungus with the result being the Aspergillus Sp species. positive, namely that there were 2 colonies of Aspergillus Fumigatus, 2 colonies of Aspergillus Niger, and 1 colony of Aspergillus Flavus. Some of the mosque prayer mats examined were infected with the fungus Aspergillus sp. Prayer mats and the surrounding environment need to be addressed with the factors that cause the growth of Aspergillus sp fungus by regularly maintaining the cleanliness of the mosque, especially personal and environmental cleanliness.

Aspergillus sp, Prayer Mats, Mosque