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Microsporum cookei

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue

• Magnification: x400


Structure: Microconidia ovoid and numerous. Macroconidia are multicelled (5 to 8 cells) thick walled, rough, oval to fusoid and numerous.

 

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