
This micrograph reveals the histopathologic changes in phaeohyphomycosis due to Wangiella dermatitidis using PAS stain.

Phaeohyphomycosis is of a group of fungal infections characterized by superficial and deep tissue involvement caused by dematiaceous, dark-walled fungi that form pigmented hyphae, or fine branching tubes, and yeastlike cells in the infected tissues.
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