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Phialophora verrucosa

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue
• Magnification: 400x


Structure: Hyaline to brown, branched septate hyphae, bottle shaped or cylindrical pale brown to brown phialides with collarette (raised tip), round, ovoid, cylindrical or curved hyaline to brown conidia accumulate at the tip in slimy gel.
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