This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Mycology, Subject name: Microbiology
Melanized sclerotic cells / Medlar bodies (4-12 mm diameter) evident in this H & E stained cutaneous biopsy are of which disease? 
Select and explain. 
A. Rhinosporidiosis, B. Coccididomycosis, C. Chromoblastomycosis, D. Sporotrichosis
C: Chromoblastomycosis
Answer: C: Chromoblastomycosis 
Explanation: The histological image above shows the fungus as spherical or irregular, dark brown, yeast like bodies with septae called sclerotic bodies/ copper penny bodies/muriform bodies/medlar bodies seen in Chromoblastomycosis. Chromoblastomycosis: Characterised by verrucous lesions and chronic localized infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Seen commonly in wood workers. Caused by following dematiaceous fungi - Phialophora verrucosa Fonsecaea pedrosoi Cladophialophora carrionii Rhinocladiella aquaspersa