Microscopic morphology of Aspergillus fumigatus showing typical
columnar, uniseriate conidial heads. Conidiophores are short,
smooth-walled and have conical shaped terminal vesicles, which
support a single row of phialides on the upper two thirds of the
vesicle. Conidia are produced in basipetal succession forming long
chains, however, during preparation of slides the conidial chains
are usually disrupted giving the more typical microscopic
appearance seen in this slide. Conidia are globose to subglobose,
green and rough-walled to echinulate.
