- “Dark, elliptical conidia each supported by a conidiophore (‘lollipops‘)” is characteristic of Scedosporium apiospermum. The grayish-brown appearance of the typical colony is due to the production of darkly pigmented spores as the colony matures.
Scedosporium apiosperum after 5 days of incubation on Sabouraud’s dextrose agar
Scedosporium spp (gray brown colony)
(A)- colony of S. apiospermum Sabouraud agar with chloramphenicol. A colony of white edges and brown center.
(B)- the oval appearance of conidia, with truncated base, hyaline septate hyphae emerging (40x magnification)
Scedosporium apiospermum (lolipop macroconidia)
