A fungus is recovered from a nail scrapping. Microscopic examination reveals numerous smooth, thin-walled, club-shaped, multiseptate macroconidia; however, microconidia are absent. The or-ganism can be identified as:

a. Microsporum canis.
b. E. floccosum.
c. T. rubrum.
d. M. gypseum.


B

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