Stain used for staining fungal elements-
Acid fast stain
Mucicarmic
Methenamine
Gram stain
Stains used to demonstrate fungus Special stains periodic acid Schiff stain Fungal cell wall -red grocotts methanamine silver stain fungus wall - black Routine staining Hematoxylin and eosin stain Hyphae and ahrospores of dermatophytes seen as basophilic elements in stratum corneum Iadvl textbook and rook textbook of dermatology
Fungal infections, Scabies, Pediculosis