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Scedosporium apiospermum
(an asexual state of P. boydii)

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue

• Magnification: x 1000


Structure: Short or long conidiophore (sometimes sessile) producing single celled, smooth walled, hyaline or brown, subspherical to elongated annellconidia. After liberation, swells up and becomes brown and thick walled.

 

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