A new species of the dermatophyte Arthroderma melis was isolated from the burrows of badgers (Meles meles) and described. The small cleistothecia of the perfect state of the fungus are characterized by asymmetric dumb-bell-shaped cells of the peridial hyphae. The imperfect state is distinguished by pink colonies consisting of hyphae with multiple sessile microconidia and single 3–4-celled macroconidia of the Trichophyton type. Intermedial forms of conidia, mostly two-celled, are also typical of the microscopic pattern. The newly described species is not pathogenic for guinea pigs and white mice and is unable to grow at 37°C. It is systematically classified into the A. curreyi group.
Křivanec K., Janečková V., Otčenášek M. (1977): Arthroderma melis spec. nov. - a new dermatophyte species isolated from badger burrows in Czechoslovakia. – Česká Mykologie 31(2): 91–99.
