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type of spore is the macroconidium. Macroconidia are sometimes 

 called spindle-spores or fuseaux, but the latter terms are descriptive 

 of only the macroconidia of Microsporum. In Alicrosponnn Canis 

 the macroconidia are large, reaching a size of 40 by 150 microns, 





Fig. 78. Macroconidia of dermatophytes: upper left, Microsporum Canis; upper 

 right, M. gypseum; lower left, Trichophyton mentagrophyles; lower right, 



Epidermophyton floccosum, 



