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Size: 12 µm Stage: [1] Most likely identification of the organism: [2] What is the structure that the black arrow is pointing to in the figure above? [3]

Size: 40 µm Stage: [1] Most likely identification of the organism: [2]  

Size: 12 µm Stage: [1] Most likely identification of the organism: [2]

Size: 18 µm Stage: [1] Most likely identification of the organism: [2]

Size: 17 µm   Stage: [1] Most likely identification of the organism: [2]

The hair from a child with apparent ringworm of the scalp shows bright green fluorescence under a Wood’s lamp. Culture of the hair yielded a fungus with pectinate hyphae and no distinct conidial structures were seen. What is the most likely identity of the fungus?

Name the type of conidia shown:         

Associate the correct characteristic with the given yeast: Geotrichum candidum

An off-white, moist, yeast-like fungus is isolated from a blood culture. It does not produce mycelia on Cornmeal Tween 80 Agar, does not ferment sugars, and produces urease at 35ºC. Choose the most likely identification for this fungus.

Pick the fungus which would produce the hair perforation test results pictured below. (All photos show the same test result.)