Macrophotograph of the Aspergillus fumigatus fungus isolated from a human ear where it was causing an infection, seen here at 7 weeks, grown on dextro

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Macrophotograph of the Aspergillus fumigatus fungus isolated from a human ear where it was causing an infection, seen here at 7 weeks, grown on dextrose agar, showing a perfect phase, both sexual (yellow) and asexual (blue-green) spores. Characteristic of this species are the brown aerial hyphae.

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Photo credit: © JOHN DURHAM/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: aspergillus, disease, eumycota, formation, fumigatus, fungal, fungi, fungus, human, mycology, nature, naturemycology, perfect, person, phase, spore