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Phaeoacremonium inflatipes

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue
• Top image: 400x
• Bottom image: 1000x



Structure: Thick walled pale brown hyphae. Slender, somewhat tapering at the tip and subhyaline phialides having one or more septae, lightly swollen near the base, smooth or slightly rough walled with narrow funnel shaped collarette, Hyaline, thin walled ellipsoidal conidia. Observe fascicles in the top image and single phialide with conidia in the bottom image

 

 
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