mi·cros·po·rum
n 1 cap : a genus of fungi of the family Moniliaceae producing both small, nearly oval single-celled spores and large spindle-shaped multicellular spores with a usu. rough outer wall and including several that cause ringworm, tinea capitis, and tinea corporis 2 pl -ra : any fungus of the genus Microsporum .
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