MYCOLOGY Flashcards
Above colony surface (fuzzy appreance)
Aerial
Only as yeast or cold
Monomorphic
Microsporum audionii
Pectinate Hyphae
Sac-like stucture
Ascospores
Union of two undifferentiated cells
Zygospore
Club shaped structure
Basidiospores
Fungal infection affecting hairs of the scalp
Black Piedra
Facial, genital, and scalp hair fungal infection
White Piedra
Disease that has infection of affecting hair follicles
Tinea Favosa
Rowboat shaped macroconidia
Microsporum gypseum
Tear or balloon shaped microconidia
Trichophyton tonsurans
Tear shaped microconidia
Trichophyton rubrum
Most agents of mycosis
Deuteromycota
Affecting the outermost layer of skin
Superficial mycoses
Athlete’s foot
T. Mentagrophytes
Gray patch tinea
Microsporum audouni
Cause of scalp infection
T. Tonsurans
Beaver’s tail
Condia
Star shaped powdery colonies
Destrose agar
Lead to tumor-like deformities
Eumycotic mycetoma
Invading organs like skin, lungs, and the brain
Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis
Traumatic implantation
Subcutaneous mycoses
Cigar shaped yeast with single or multiple buds
Yeast
Darlings disease
Histoplasma capsulatum