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The stain that is used for microscopic examination of a fungus growing in culture.
What is Lactophenol Cotton Blue?
The two main types of conidia produced by the dermatophytes.
What are microconidia and macroconidia?
The appearance of Phialophora verrucosa.
What is "vase of flowers" appearance?
The temperature the mold phase of agents of systemic mycoses best grows at.
What is 25 to 30 degrees Celsius?
The Aspergillus species that are uniseriate.
What is Aspergillus fumigatus?
The microscope objective lens used to view most fungi prepared with the LPCB tape prep method.
What is 40X?
The predominant structure used to microscopically identify the genus Microsporum and Nannizia.
What are macroconidia?
Term used to describe the conidia closest to the conidiophore supporting the branching chains present in Cladophialophora species.
What is "shield-shaped?"
The temperature the yeast phase of agents of systemic mycoses best grows at.
What is 35 to 37 degrees Celsius?
The Aspergillus species with phialide that radiate around the entire vesicle.
What is Aspergillus niger?
The three primary ways to identify a fungus macroscopically.
What are Pigment, Texture, and Topography?
The predominant structure used to microscopically identify the genus Trichophyton.
What are microconidia?
The agent of subcutaneous mycoses with ovoid conidia that have a wide apex with a truncated base.
What is Scedosporium apiospermum?
Term used to describe the colony morphology of Blastomyces dermatitidis.
What is thermally dimorphic?
The secondary branches of the Penicillium species.
What are metulae?
The texture of colonies that are leathery or waxy with little, if any, aerial mycelium.
What is glabrous?
The number of interior compartments present in the macroconidia of Nannizzia gypsea.
What is less than six?
The slow-growing agent of subcutaneous mycoses known to cause pneumonia or endophthalmitis.
What is Exophiala dermatitidis?
The phase of the Coccidioides species where round spherules containing endospores can be seen.
What is the tissue phase?
The infection most commonly caused by Scopulariopsis species.
What are nail infections?
The part of the LCBS tape prep that acts as a fixative to preserve fungal structures.
What is lactic acid?
What the macroconidia of Epidermophyton floccosum will transform into with age.
What are chlamydoconidium?
The distinct, dark septal scar present in conidia of the Cladophialophora species.
What is the hilum?
The term used to describe the conidia of Sporothrix schenckii.
What is "rosette-like?"
The term used to describe the segments of Geotrichum candidum.
What are arthroconidia (barrel-shaped)?