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Microsporum gypseum

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue

• Magnification: x400
Structure: Club shaped microconidia are moderate; macroconidia are abundant, thin walled, ellipsoidal to fusiform, symmetrical and broadly spindle shaped containing 3 to 6 cells.

 
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