Habitat Diseases Culture

Obverse Reverse Topography

Microsporum audouinii Arthrophilic Ectothrix Lightly colored Pale salmon to pale brown Flat velvety colonies
T. capitis
Microsporum canis Zoophilic Ectothrix White to buff Yellow Cottony to granular
(cat) T. capitis
T. corporis
T. mannum
Microsporum gypseum Geophilic Ectothrix Cinnamon color Night tan Flat & granular
T. capitis
Trichophyton mentagrophytes Zoophilic *Type I Yellow cream to buff Pale to red brown *Type I
Arthrophilic T. capitis Flat & granular to powdery colonies
T. corporis *Type II
T. barbae Flat & powdery to cottony
T. cruris
T. pedis
T. mannum
T. unguinum
Trichophyton rubrum Arthrophilic T. corporis White to reddish Wine red *Type I
T. cruris Cottony to velvety colonies
T. pedis *Type II
T. mannum Powdery to velvety
T. unguinum

Trichophyton tonsurans Arthrophilic Endothrix Yellow Yellow brown to chestnut red brown Flat & velvety to powdery
T. capitis diffused
T. corporis *resulting to discoloration of the medium

Trichophyton concentricum Arthrophilic T. imbricata White to Honey brown (aged) Yellow Folded, furrowed colonies

Trichophyton verrucosum Zoophilic T. mannum White/cream Colorless or salmon Convolutions with raised center & flat
T. barbae periphery (some growth submerged)

Trichophyton schoenleinii Arthrophilic T. capitis White to tan Light yellow Convolutions to folded & glabrous to slightly
T. corporis (mousy odor) velvety
T. barbae
T. unguinum
Trichophyton violaceum Arthrophilic Endothrix Cream  lavender to purple Verrucose & glabrous colonies

Epidermophyton floccosum Arthrophilic T. cruris White to khaki green brown Yellow brown Flat, start as slightly granular
T. pedis
T. mannum
T. unguinum