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Mucor species
Zygomycetes

• Stain: Lacto Phenol Aniline Blue

• Magnification: x200
Structure: Broad non-septate hyphae (occasionally septate) branched or unbranched sporangiophores, sporangium with columella, no apophyses, no stolons or rhizoids, round to ellipsoidal sporangiospores.

 
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