Laboratory Medical Mycology

100x objective Actinomyces actinomycetes aerial hyphae agar plate agar plate grown albicans anaerobic arthrospores ascospores Aspergillus assimilation Autoclave biopsy blastospores blood branching broth Candida capsulatum causative agents characteristic chlamydospores chromomycosis Cladosporium clinical collected Colony morphology colony on SAB color conidia conidiophores coverslip Cryptococcus culture dark dermatitidis dermatophytes dextrose diameter Distilled water filter fluid fungal Fungal Agents fungi fungus granules grown at 30°C hair Histoplasma hyphae hyphae appear hyaline IDENTIFICATION incubate at 30°C infection Inoculate isolation KOH wet mount lesions macroconidia medium Microscopic appearance Microsporum mycelia mycelial mycetoma mycology mycology laboratory Mycosel mycoses mycotic disease needle Nocardia opportunistic patients Petri dish pigment procedure produce pseudohyphae reverse side SAB agar plate saprobic septate side of colonies skin scrapings slant slide smears species specimen spores sputum stain sterile Streptomyces sugar surface swabs tinea tissues Trichophyton usually wet mount Wet mount showing yeast yeast cells