Aspergillus fumigatus. cultivar topside: cultivated on unselective chimney agar. fast growth; broad colour variations of the dirty-greenish to blue-greyish colonies with fluffy or powdery surface. masses of dots (aspergillus heads) are already visible with the unarmed eye or low magnification.
Aspergillus fumigatus, underside of the culture: white-grey coloration in areas of air pockets, but also orange-brown aspect of the colonies.
Aspergillus fumigatus; septated hyphae and aspergillus heads, conidia carriers with conidia; Fungiqual A fluorescence staining (Prof. Dr. H. Koch).
Aspergillus fumigatus: Aspergillosis of the kidney caused by A. fumigatus; smooth-walled, septated hyphae; Fungiqual A and B fluorescence staining (Prof. Dr. H. Koch)
Aspergillus fumigatus. microscopy of the culture: numerous "dandelion-like" conidiophores on unseptized, stalked conidiophores. masses of sterigma on the conidiophores with distinct sporulation in the upper right picture.
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