This image illustrates a lactophenol blue mount of a mold recovered after 7 days incubation of brain heart infusion broth. The large macroconidia suggest the mold form of Histoplasma capsulatum. However, there is the possibility that this mold represents its saprophytic counterpart. Which of the following is the saprophytic counterpart to H. capsulatum?

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This image illustrates a lactophenol blue mount of a mold recovered after 7 days incubation of brain heart infusion broth. The large macroconidia suggest the mold form of Histoplasma capsulatum. However, there is the possibility that this mold represents its saprophytic counterpart. Which of the following is the saprophytic counterpart to H. capsulatum?

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