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Using commercial extracts of cell wall carbohydrates, we showed the capability of the optotracer EbbaBiolight 680 for detecting chitin and \u03b2-glucans. The sensitivity of this tracer to these carbohydrates in their native environment within fungal cells enabled the visualization of both yeast and hyphal forms of the microbe. Analysis of optotracer fluorescence by confocal laser scanning microscopy revealed extensive staining of fungi cell walls as well as the presence of intracellular amyloid aggregates within a subpopulation of cells within the biofilm. Further analysis of the photophysical properties of bound tracers by spectroscopy and spectral imaging revealed polymorphisms between amyloid aggregates within yeast and hyphal cells and enabled their differentiation. 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