<unk>  is a dermatophytic fungus in the phylum Ascomycota. It is an exclusively clonal, anthropophilic saprotroph that colonizes the upper layers of dead skin, and is the most common cause of athlete's foot, fungal infection of nail, jock itch, and ringworm worldwide.<unk>  was first described by in 1845 and is currently considered to be a complex of species that comprises multiple, geographically patterned morphotypes, several of which have been formally described as distinct taxa, including T. raubitschekii, T. gourvilii, T. megninii and T. soudanense.
Trichophyton rubrum
Epidermophyton floccosum
Microsporum fulvum
Microsporum gypseum
Malassezia furfur
Pythium insidiosum
Alternaria tenuissima
Trichobacteriosis axillaris