Figure 49 Opportunistic Fungi: MIG

Scedosporium prolificans

• Stain: Calcofluor White

• Magnification: x400

Structure: Flask-shaped, long inconspicuous annelide, inflated at the base, bearing smooth walled, oblong conidia held in slimey gel, turning thick walled and olivaceous brown. Scedosporium prolificans does not have a sexual state.

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