Cladophialophora Coccidioides sp. Dermatophytes Epicoccum spp. Zygomycetes Trichophyton spp.
Conidiophores are hypha-like.
The microconidia are often the predominant type of conidia. Salient characteristics Macroconidia that are cylindrical, clavate to cigar shaped, thin or thick-walled, smooth, and ovoid to clavate are characteristic of the genus Trichophyton . Laboratory precautions Handle with care, but special precautions are not necessary. 1980 Key to the More Common Species of Trichophyton 1. T. terrestre 4.