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Microsporum nanum

Colonial Morphology: Grows moderately rapid as downy or powdery, white at first becoming yellowish, peach color or beige with fringed edge. Reverse of the colony is orange becoming reddish brown with age.

Physiological Tests:
Hair perforation test positive. No growth factor required.

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