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Perfect Stage of Microsporum gypseum

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IN 1927, Nannizzi1 reported the discovery of the perfect stage of Microsporum gypseum (Bodin) Guiart and Grigoraki and named it Gymnoascus gypseum Nannizzi. This work was criticized on a number of grounds, and, as there has been no record of its successful repetition, it has been generally disregarded.

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  1. Nannizzi, A., Atti R. Accad. Fisiocritici Siena, 10, 2, 89 (1927).

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  2. Dawson, Christine O., and Gentles, J. C., Nature, 183, 1345 (1959).

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GRIFFIN, D. Perfect Stage of Microsporum gypseum . Nature 186, 94–95 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186094b0

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