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Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) stain shows septate, fungal hyphae (Magnification 40x).
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Examination after Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) staining showed septate, nondichotomously branching fungal hyphae (Figure 1).
10% KOH mount shows hyaline septate hyphae. (Magnification 40x).
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Direct microscopy of a KOH preparation of the surgical specimen showed the presence of hyaline septate hyphae (Figure 2).
Fan-shaped fruiting bodies in banana peel culture (basidiocarps).
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Banana peel culture after 8 weeks showed macroscopically visible fan-shaped fruiting bodies (Figure 3).
LPCB mount shows hyaline septate hyphae, with clamp connections, seen in the inset (Magnification 40x).
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LPCB mount of the same revealed hyaline septate hyphae, often with clamp connections or lateral pegs (Figure 4, inset).