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Gridley stain photomicrograph of the histopathologic appearance of black grain mycetoma caused by the Madurella mycetomatis fungus, 1972. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / Dr Libero Ajello. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Gridley stain photomicrograph of the histopathologic appearance of black grain mycetoma caused by the Madurella mycetomatis fungus, 1972. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / Dr Libero Ajello. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)