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- A mitosporic Loculoascomycetes fungal genus including several plant pathogens and at least one species which produces a highly phytotoxic antibiotic. Its teleomorph is Lewia.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
- Images
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- Figure 1. Alternaria, shown by lactophenol blue stain (40x magnification)


- Figure 2. Alternaria, by lactophenol blue stain (80x magnification).


- Figure 3. Alternaria, methenamine silver stain of a skin biopsy.

- Notes
- Figures 1 and 2 contributed by Lynn Bry, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
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- References
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- National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification
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