Ultrastructural characters defining the terms 'yeast cell', 'pseudomycelium' and 'true mycelium' in Candida albicans

The discrimination of the morphological elements, 'yeast cell', 'pseudomycelium' and 'true mycelium' is indispensable in the mycological and histopathological diagnostics of fungal infections caused by Candida albicans. However, precisely defined distinctive criteria are lacking in the medical mycological literature. Such criteria based upon electron microscopical studies of the cell wall, are described.