Fig. 85. Trichophyton purpureum. Appearance ot the fungus in a direct preparation From 



\. skin: B, fingernail, and C, hair from a follicular lesion on the leg. The cultural growths in 

 D, E, F, G, H and I show wide variations from thick fluffy growths to thin granular colonies. 



["he clinical involvement was ol the same character despite the differences in the appearance 

 of the growth on culture. The culture mount shows microconidia and fuseaux, as noted in / 

 and K. In L the mount from a granular colony (H) shows numerous fuseaux. Microconidia 

 were also present. (Magnification of all photomicrographs, X 305.) 



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