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Microsporum gypseum

Colonial Morphology	Microscopic Morphology Phase Contrast	Biochemical Reactions: BCP, SDA and Urease
Growth rate: rapid Texture: granular to powdery, flat, spreading Thallus color: tan to cinnamon brown with cottony white centre Reverse: beige to red brown	many rough, thin walled macroconidia, with symmetrically rounded tip pyriform microconidia, lateral	BCP: profuse, no change Urease: positive Hair perforation: positive Vitamin requirement: none
Compare to and Differentiate from: not available	Etiology & Ecology geophilic worldwide, rare in North America, Europe, common in South America feet, hand, body, scalp, rarely nails usually acquired from soil but occasionally animals, also flies etiology of other dermatophytes