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Scedosporium apiospermum
(Graphium State: an asexual state of P. boydii)

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue

• Magnification: x 400


Structure: Individual conidiophores bearing terminal cylindric to clavate conidia bound together (cemented and fused) giving rise to brown or dark structure called "synnemata" (bundles of hyphae). Compare with Aspergillus structure.

 

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