A New Microsporum and its Occurrence in Soil and on Animals

Concepts

Life SciencesBiologyBotanyMycologySoil MicrobiologyFungal DiversityFungal MorphologyFungal SystematicsFungal Morphological DiversityMicrospore Wall StructureSoil Fungal Diversity

Abstract

SUMMARYA new species of Microsporum has been described. It differs from other species in the formation of elliptical, echinulate macroconidia that have a thick wall and in the production of a deep purplish-red pigment on the reverse of the colony.M. cookei has been recovered from soil and from numerous animals.

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