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Pseudallescheria boydii
(Sexual state of Scedosporium apiospermum)

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue

• Magnification: x 400



Structure: Mature round to subspherical light brown to black Cleistothecia. Upon maturity, it bursts open and releases ellipsoidal ascospores (usually yellow brown).

 

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