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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