Conidium Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Conidium and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Illustrated here is a single conidium of Microsporum canis. Note that the hilar cell appears fractured (short red arrow), where it was released from the stolon. Macroconidia having this so-called "break-away" cell are termed: | View Page |
| Match each of the names of the fungal species listed with the corresponding identifying structures illustrated in the photomicrographs: | View Page |
| Match the name of each fungal species listed with its most likely corresponding morphologic features. | View Page |
| The multi-celled conidia of this dematiaceous mold are divided into cells by what are called distosepta (pseudosepta), indicating that the individual cells are surrounded by a sac-like wall that is distinct from the outer cell wall of the conidium. The identification of this mold is: | View Page |
| The dematiaceous conidium illustrated in this photomicrograph was obtained from a tiny portion of dark colony that grew to maturity in six days. Spores incubated in a saline mount for four hours developed germ tubes from both terminal cells. The features observed confirm the identification of: | View Page |
| The colonies shown in the upper image, obtained from a biopsy of an ulcerating skin lesion of the arm, are growing on agar slants of Sabouraud's dextrose agar. The lower image is a photomicrograph of a lactophenol blue mount made from a portion of the colony growing in the left slant. The diagnosis is: | View Page |