Date: 10 February 2014
An aspergilloma (or fungal ball) is a mass of fungus found inside the body, for example inside cavities such as the lungs or sinuses, or as abscesses in organs such as the brain or kidney. They are made up of threadlike fungal strands (hyphae) that are densely packed but only around 1/200 of a millimetre in diameter. A mass of hyphae is called a mycelium.
In this image, a slice through an aspergilloma has been imaged using a transmission electron microscope.
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With kind permission from Dr Anne Beauvais, Unite des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris
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Aspergillosis in the coral sea fan Gorgonia ventalina. Sea fan coral Gorgonia ventalina, Florida Keys, USA. Depth ~5 metres, showing a lesion surrounded by a band of purple tissue. Central areas of the lesion are devoid of coral tissue revealing the underlying axial skeleton. The purple areas are devoid of coral polyps and result from the increased production of purple sclerites (small, non-fused, carbonate skeletal elements). The purpled area also indicates the location of high fungal hyphal density and el
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Aspergillosis in the coral sea fan Gorgonia ventalina. In the Caribbean ond offshore USA the sea fan coral species Gorgonia ventalina is undergoing an epizootic due to Aspergillus sydowii infection. This species of Aspergillus is also known to be associated with food contamination and for opportunistic infection in humans.Taken in San Salvador, Bahamas. Bar represents 5cm. This sea fan was heavily colonized by algae.A -tumours and galls B -lesion C -purplingGalls are composed of axial skeleton and scl
