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Fungi
Mycology Hyaline and Dematiaceous Fungi
Question | Answer |
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Muti-celled, sickle-form macroconida Colonies: rose red or purple red pigmentation | Fusarium sp. |
Dark, elliptical conidia each support by a conidiophore (lollipops) Colonies: grayish-brown appearance | Scedosporium apiospermum |
Chains of spherical conidia produced from branching phialides Colonies: typically green, granular, rugose | Penicillium sp. |
Tight clusters of spherical conidia held by finger-like phialides Colonies: "green lawn" that extends from border to border across the petri dish | Gliocladium |
Microscopic description: Flower-like appearance Colony description: Green granular colony with a white peripheral apron | Aspergillus fumigatus |
Microscopic description: Stem with bulbous extensions Colony description: Gray-white, cottony growth rapidly filling the Petri dish | Zygomycetes |
Muti-celled, rough walled macroconidia with a tapered terminal cell Colony: cottony white with a lemon yellow apron. | Microsporum canis |
Dense aggregated of echinulate, brown-black conidia Colony: peppered brown-black on the surface and gray-white on the reverse. | Aspergillus niger |
Loose clusters of elliptical conidia arranged in a "diphtheroid pattern" Colony: smooth, pastel rose pigment | Acremonium sp. |
Chains of large, lemon-shaped annelloconidia Colony: buff-brown with distinctive radial rugae | Scopulariopsis sp. |
Chronis sinusitis | Scedosporium apiospermum |
Otitis externa | Aspergilus niger |
Mycotic keratitis | Fusarium sp. |
Tinea pedis | Trichophyton rubrum |
Stale bread | Mucor sp |
Hospital construction | Aspergillus niger |
Shared bath towels | Epidermophyton floccosum |
Fermenting stored grain | Fusarium sp |