. a metallic taste in my mouth.
I scrapped off some the tissue and put it under a microscope. I think it is a fungi in its hypha stage.
Here are some picture I made. These are stained with different dyes.
Here is a picture of some spores, I Think. This sample was taken from spit first thing in the mourning. The arrows point to budding yeasts, I Think.
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn243/Mrbluebottle/sporegood1.jpg
What are all the round things? more spores? There are clusters