Exophiala, a genus of saprotrophic black fungi commonly found in the environment, is typically associated with cutaneous infections in immunocompromised hosts and rarely manifests as pneumonia.

After four days of incubation at 25°C and 37°C, colonies of mold were observed on the culture, which were identified as Exophiala jeanselmei on Lactophenol Cotton Blue staining. After one week ...