Macrophotograph showing a petri dish culture of Trichosporon cutaneum, a fungal parasite that infects the scalp and beard of man causing a disease kno

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Macrophotograph showing a petri dish culture of Trichosporon cutaneum, a fungal parasite that infects the scalp and beard of man causing a disease known as piedra. The fungus grows in dense clumps, forming a hard white mass along the hair shaft. The white variety is specific to temperate regions, whereas in the tropics a black form is found called Piedraia hortai.

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Photo credit: © JOHN DURHAM/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: cutaneum, disease, eumycota, fungal, fungi, fungus, human, mycology, nature, person, piedra, trichosporon