Fungi
Fungi in PetriKey
Dimorphism, morphology, and lab clues for the medically important fungi.
19 reference cards
Aspergillus fumigatus
Septate hyphae with acute-angle branching
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Dimorphic fungus with broad-based budding
Candida albicans
Yeast with germ-tube clue
Candida auris / Candidozyma auris
Emerging multidrug-resistant yeast
Coccidioides immitis/posadasii
Dimorphic fungus with spherules
Cryptococcus gattii
Encapsulated yeast affecting immunocompetent hosts
Cryptococcus neoformans
Encapsulated yeast
Dermatophytes
Keratin-loving molds
Fonsecaea (chromoblastomycosis)
Dematiaceous mold; copper-penny sclerotic bodies
Fusarium species
Hyaline mold; keratitis and neutropenic fungemia
Histoplasma capsulatum
Dimorphic fungus with macrophage clue
Malassezia furfur
Lipophilic yeast of tinea versicolor
Mucor/Rhizopus group
Broad aseptate/pauci-septate hyphae clue
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Latin American dimorphic 'mariner's wheel' fungus
Pneumocystis jirovecii
Opportunistic fungal pneumonia vocabulary
Scedosporium species
Near-drowning mold; brain abscess opportunist
Sporothrix schenckii
Rose-gardener dimorphic fungus, cigar-shaped yeast
Talaromyces marneffei
Southeast Asian dimorphic fungus; fission yeast
Trichosporon species
Arthroconidia-forming yeast; white piedra