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Presence of mycelial fungal filaments in patient with zygomycosis/mucormycosis

Under a medium magnification, this photomicrograph of a hematoxylin-eosin (H&E)-stained specimen, revealed the presence of mycelial fungal filaments in this tissue sample, from a patient ill with mucormycosis (phycomycosis), otherwise known as a form of zygomycosis. (Courtesy of the Public Health Image Library, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Photomicrograph by Dr. Lucille K. Georg, 1968. Public domain.)