Figure 93 Opportunistic Fungi: MIG

Cunninghamella elegans
Zygomycetes

• Stain: Calcofluor White

• Magnification: x1000

Structure: Broad non-septate hyphae, branched sporangiophores terminate in vesicles, denticle single celled sporangioles formed on the vesicle.

Cunninghamella elegans is nonpathogenic.

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