Non-isotropic clumping can also favor “sideways” escape, and thus suppression of the bluest and reddest photons, if the clumps are oblate.  This makes lines more symmetric.
The Venetian Blind Model...
Oblate clumps might be expected from the line-force instability, since it is a radial force…

On the other hand, prolate structures might be expected to develop from classical plasma two-fluid instabilities (Rayleigh-Taylor; Richtmeyer-Meshkov)