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Onychocola canadensis

Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue

Magnification: x1000


Structure: Fertile hyphae little differentiated. Contiguous, cylindrical to broadly ellipsoidal, one or two celled, hyaline to subhyaline arthroconidia formed in chains. No empty space. Compare structure with Geotrichum, Arthrographis and Scytalidium.

 

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