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Alternaria species

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue

• Magnification: x400


Structure: Septate hyphae, brown pigmented, simple or branched, brown,
septated conidiophores producing muriform, ovoid or ovoclavate brown
poroconidia, elongated beak like end at the apex, often in chains, sometimes solitary. Structure must be compared with Ulocladium species is usually produced singly or very short chains

 

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