Name:		Microsporum Gruby, Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 17 (1843) page 301 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Microsporon Gruby (1843) Sabouraudites M. Ota & Langeron (1923) Closteroaleurosporia Grigoraki (1924) Closterosporia Grigoraki (1924) Thallomicrosporon Benedek (1964)
Status:		Genus, anamorph (hyphomycete)
Taxonomic position:		Arthrodermataceae Locq. ex Currah [Family] Onygenales Cif. ex Benny & Kimbr. [Order] Eurotiomycetidae Doweld [Subclass] Eurotiomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Microsporum ajelloi (Vanbreus.) Arievitch & Stiepan. Microsporum amazonicum Moraes, Borelli & Feo Microsporum anomaeon Vidal ex Guég. Microsporum asteroides (Sabour.) Guiart & Grigoraki Microsporum audouinii Gruby Microsporum aurantiacum Conant Microsporum aureum Takeya Microsporum boullardii Dominik & Majchr. Microsporum brachytomum Oho Microsporum canis E. Bodin ex Guég. Microsporum circuluscentrum O. Magalh. Microsporum cookei Ajello Microsporum cornu-bovis Galli & Conforti Microsporum cornua-bovis Galli & Conforti Microsporum depauperatum Guég. Microsporum dispar Vidal Microsporum distortum Di Menna & Marples Microsporum domesticum J. Webb Microsporum duboisi (Vanbreus.) Cif. Microsporum duboisii (Vanbreus.) Cif. Microsporum equinum E. Bodin ex Guég. Microsporum farinulentum (Sabour.) Guiart & Grigoraki Microsporum felineum Mewborn Microsporum ferrugineum Ota Microsporum flavescens Horta Microsporum fulvum Uriburu Microsporum furfur Roberge Microsporum furfuracea Fr. Microsporum gallinae (Mégnin ex Guég.) Grigoraki Microsporum gypseum (E. Bodin) Guiart & Grigoraki Microsporum inguinale (Sabour.) Guiart & Grigoraki Microsporum iris Pasini Microsporum japonicum Dohi & Kambay. Microsporum karafutoense Takats. Microsporum langeroni (Vanbreus.) Cif. Microsporum langeronii Microsporum lanosum Sabour. Microsporum macfadenyi Castell. Microsporum magellanicum Caretta & Piont. Microsporum mansonii Castell. Microsporum marginatum Cazalbou Microsporum mentagrophytes Roberge Microsporum minutissimum Burghouts & Bär. Microsporum muris Gluge & d’Ukedem ex Guég. Microsporum nanum Fuentes Microsporum niveum Caruso Microsporum obesum Conant Microsporum orientale Carol Microsporum paraferrugineum O. Magalh. Microsporum persicolor (Sabour.) Guiart & Grigoraki Microsporum pertenue Plant Microsporum praecox Rivalier ex A.A. Padhye, Ajello & McGinnis Microsporum pseudolanosum Conant Microsporum pseudoumbonatum Sartory, R. Sartory, J. Mey. & Malgras Microsporum pubescens Sabour. Microsporum quinckeanum (Zopf) Guiart & Grigoraki Microsporum racemosum Borelli Microsporum radiolatum (Sabour.) Guiart & Grigoraki Microsporum ramos Horta Microsporum ripariae Hubálek & Rush-Munro Microsporum rivalieri Vanbreus. Microsporum rubrum Cazalbou Microsporum sapporoense T. Takah. Microsporum scorteum Priestley Microsporum septicum R. Klebs Microsporum simiae Conant Microsporum stilliansi Benedek Microsporum tardum Sabour. Microsporum tomentella Microsporum tomentosum Pelagatti Microsporum tropicum Castell. Microsporum umbonatum Sabour. Microsporum vanbreuseghemii Georg, Ajello, Friedman & S.A. Brinkm. Microsporum velveticum Sabour. Microsporum villosum Minne Microsporum xanthodes Fisch.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (3 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]