NEUROSPORA (MONILIA) COLONIAL MORPHOLOGY
SYNCEPHALASTRUM
CEPHALOSPORIUM
White at first but grows rapidly filling the entire Petri dish in a few days and becoming a salmon to brown color. Mycelium may hang from the lid of the Petri dish.
Green to gray to black colony on both sides. Often wrinkled and grows flat
HORMODENDRUM
Powdery, light brown, wrinkled colony resembling Penicillium spp. Except for color.
SCOPULARIOPSIS
Flat, rapid-growing, tan-colored colony resembling Aspergillus spp.
PAECILOMYCES
Gray to brown to black fluffy colony that may fill a Petri dish in a few days. Similar to Mucor and Rhizopus spp.
White to tan to rose-colroed colony, eventually developing White aerial hyphae.
Clear septate hyphae with large masses of ovate spores which are air-dispersed
Dark brown septate hyphae bear branching chains of elongate to ovate spores that often contain a small black dot at the end. Spore bearing structures look tree-like
Resembles Penicillium spp. except spores are larger and form unbranched-chains
Similar to Penicillium spp. except small spores are produced on very long, slender structures
Broad, clear, nonseptate hyphae, spores in many slender sac-like structures (sporangia) adhere to a swelling on the terminal end of hypha.
Single celled, clear, elliptical spores held together in a ball unless broken loose
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COLONIAL MORPHOLOGY
NIGROSPORA
CHAETOMIUM
Rapid growing, producing abundant fluffly, aerial hyphae, gray to black on both sides. Resembles Mucor or Rhizopus
Slow growing, flat, white, yellow, tan or brown colony
Soft looking tan to gray colony
BOTRYTIS
Brown to black, wrinkled fuzzy colony
STEMPHYLUM
Fluffy, white colony resembles Histoplasma capsulatum
SEPEDONIUM
Flat, rapid-growing colony. White at first, then developing dark green central portion
GLIOCLADIUM
Large, clearly visible jet black spores.
Large, dark, central structure is perithecium that contains ascospores (sexually produced)
Colorless, one celled spores borne in clumps
Hyphae are brown and strongly septate: huge multicelled terminal spores that may either be smooth or rough
Large, rough-walled spores that resembles Histoplasma capsulatum
Numerous small spores held together in a clump. Similar to Penicillium spp. Except for the clumping of spores.
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ASPERGILLUM COLONIAL MORPHOLOGY
PENICILLIUM
MUCOR
RHIZOPUS
FUSARIUM
GEOTRICHIUM
Flat, compact colonies, white at first then becoming black, green, bluish or yellow
White colony at first but developing blue to green color
Cottony, rapid grower. May completely fill a Petri dish in 3 to 5 days. Brown to gray.
Gray to brown to black colony filling a Petri dish in 2 to 3 days. Similar to Mucor spp.
Fast-growing colony. At first, white and cottony but develping rose to red color on both sides
White to tan, flat or fluffy, rapidgrowing fungus
Small one-celled spores irradiating out from swollen base (see arrows)
Small, round spores borne in “brushlike” formations
Clear, nonseptate hyphae. Spores borne inside large spherical structures called sporangia. Similar to Rhizopus spp. but lacking rhizoids.
Similar to Mucor spp. except foot-like structures (rhizoids) at base of spore bearing hyphae (see arrows). Spores in sporangium clear, coenocytic hyphae
Largest spores are sickle-shaped and may contain several cells. Small spores with one to two cells have more rounded ends.
Note hyphae breaking into arthrospores. May be confused with Coccidioides immitis.
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ALTERNARIA COLONIAL MORPHOLOGY
CURVALARIA
Rapid-growing colonies, grayish to black to brown; underside jet black
Dark brown to black colony on both sides ragged in appearance.
Large, hand grenade-shaped spores with both longitudinal and transverse cross walls. Borne singly or in chains. Septate, dematiaceous fungi.
Large, bent spores with 3 to 5 cells. Similar to Helminthosporium spp. Brown, septate hyphae.
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TRICHODERMA SPECIES Classification: Contaminants Mounting fluid used: Lactophenol Cotton Blue (LPCB)
TRITRACHIUM SPECIES Classification: Contaminants Mounting fluid used: LPCB
DRESCHLERA SPECIES Classification: Contaminants Mounting fluid used: LPCB
MALASSEZIA FURFUR KOH Smear – Skin scrapings Positive for Short hyphal elements with oval bodies (Malassezia furfur)
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TEASE MOUNT TECHNIQUE For the tease mount, a fragment of the colony collected using a wire or loop is transferred to a glass microscope slide. A drop of lactophenol cotton blue is then added, and the specimen is teased using dissecting needles as shown in this figure. The teasing of the specimen needs to be done carefully. Isolated elements can be observed, while at the same time preserving the integrity of the overall structure of the microorganism ADHESIVE TAPE TECHNIQUE A piece of transparent adhesive tape is used to collect the specimen by pressing the adhesive slide against the surface of the fungal colony. Aerial elements will adhere to the tape, which is subsequently placed on a microscopic slide containing a drop of lactophenol cotton blue. This technique is good for preserving the original relationship between spores and aerial hyphae. However, it usually cannot be applied to mold specimens that have few aerial mycelia or to yeast with a moist consistency.