Table 2.

Sexual reproductive patterns and host characteristics of the genera Lophophyton, Microsporum, Paraphyton, Epidermophyton, and Nannizzia

Genera	Species	Host	Mating	MAT idiomorph	References
Epidermophyton	E. flocossum	Anthropophilic	?	?	[26, 93]
Nannizzia	N. aenigmatum	?	?	MAT1–2 (single isolate)	[73, 107]
	N. corniculata	Geophilic	Heterothallic	Not determined	[99]
	N. duboisii	?	?	?	[20]
	N. fulva	Geophilic	Heterothallic	MAT1–1 and MAT1–2	[94, 98]
	N. gypsea	Geophilic	Heterothallic	MAT1–1 and MAT1–2	[43, 94]
	N. incurvata	Geophilic	Heterothallic	MAT1–1 and MAT1–2	[41, 43]
	N. nana	Zoophilic	Heterothallic	Not determined	[34]
	N. perplicata	?	?	?	[108]
	N. persicolor	Zoophilic	Heterothallic	Not determined	[101]
	N. praecox	Geophilic?	?	?	[109–111]
Paraphyton	P. cookei	Geophilic	Heterothallic	?	[89, 90]
	P. cookiellum	Geophilic	Heterothallic	?	[88]
	P. mirabile	Zoophilic	Heterothallic	?	[92]
Lophophyton	L. gallinae	Zoophilic	Heterothallic	?	[78, 79]
Microsporum	M. canis	Zoophilic	Heterothallic	Predominantly MAT1–1	[40, 84, 85]
	M. audouinii	Anthropophilic	?	MAT1–2	[87]
	M. ferrugineum	Anthropophilic	?	MAT1–2	[87]