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Fonsecaea compacta

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue
• Magnification: 1000x


Structure: Septate brown branched hyphae bearing Fonsecaea-type conidiophores producing shot chains of near spherical conidia in masses. Three types of conidiation as mentioned in Fonsecaea pedrosoi may also be present.

 

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