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Scopulariopsis brevicaulis

• Specimen: Tracheal Bronchial Washing

• Medium: Sabouraud agar


Growth rate: Moderately rapid as velvety to powdery, white, cinnamon colour, greyish or black, reverse yellowish to black. Compare colour and morphology with Aspergillus terreus.

Scopulariopsis brumptii (not shown here) produces a grey to grey-black colony

 

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