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Pityrosporum

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Pityrosporum /Pit·y·ros·po·rum/ (pit″ĭ-ros´pĕ-rum) former name for Malassezia.
Pit·y·ros·po·rum (pt-rspr-m, pt-r-spôrm)
n.
A genus of fungi that includes one species that can cause tinea versicolor and another that is found primarily on the face and scalp and appears in dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis.
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