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Wangiella dermatitidis

• Specimen: Bronchial Washing

• Medium: Sabouraud agar
Colonial Morphology: Slow growing, black to olive black, shiny, moist, viscous and yeast like, becoming velvety around the edge with age. It's more yeasty than Exophiala jeanselmei (by experience).

 
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