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Cladosporium species

• Stain: Calcofluor White

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Structure: Brown septate hyphae, brown conidiophores, brown, dry blastoconidia in chains, bicellular and shield cells. Also ellipsoidal to round, unicellular cells with prominent black scars at the point of attachment.

 

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