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Fonsecaea pedrosoi

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue
• Magnification: 1000x


Structure: Septate brown hyphae, cylindrical hyaline conidiophores, slightly inflated at tip, unicellular, round to ellipsoidal blastoconidia formed sympodially. Conidial arrangement may be one of the three kinds: Rhinocladiella type, Cladosporium type and Phialophora type (rarely all three kinds of conidiation is seen in the laboratories by all isolates)

 

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