The tubelike branching structures are the hyphae (1), which make up the mycelium that is the main “body” of a fungus. The flowerlike structures are the fruiting bodies (2), which produce tiny, ...

The second set of data from air samples looks more closely at the spores and identifies each of them to a genus or species of fungus. Viable cultures of molds produce spores called “conidia.” The size ...

Professor David Denning evaluates timely and accurate diagnosis of Aspergillus infection and the clinical spectrum of ...