Sputum from an asthmatic patient
showing plugs(casts) containing growths of Aspergillus fumigatus. The development of plugs coincided with an increased prevalence and severity of episodes of asthma

Plugs stained with Methenamine/silver

Actively growing mycelia of the fungus are a deep brown/black. Counterstaining shows the dense mucus of the plugs as predominantly orange.


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