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Rhizopus species
Zygomycetes

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue

• Magnification: x400


Structure: Broad non-septate hyphae, nodal rhizoids present, single or in tufts brown sporangiophores on stolons right above the rhizoids, round sporangia, apophysisis either absent or scarcely apparent, ovoid sporangiospores.

 

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