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Malassezia
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Malassezia

Malassezia (formerly known as Pityrosporum) is a genus of fungi. Malassezia is naturally found on the skin surfaces of many animals, including humans. In occasional opportunistic infections, some species can cause hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation on the trunk and other locations in humans. Allergy tests for this fungus are available.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Malassezia pachydermatis

speciesMalassezia pachydermatis

Malassezia globosa

speciesMalassezia globosa

Malassezia furfur

speciesMalassezia furfur

Malassezia slooffiae

speciesMalassezia slooffiae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 450570.