Trichophyton rubrum (Castell.) Sabour.
(Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism)

Interactions where Trichophyton rubrum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
parasitises shod feet skin (between toes) UK/Ireland Homo sapiens Man, Human Primates: Hominidae Dermatophytes – the skin eaters, Johnson, L., 2003
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Arthrodermataceae/Trichophyton rubrum/Trichophyton rubrumathlete's foot - a causative organism Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Hominidae/Homo sapiens/Homo sapiensman, humanshod feetskin (between toes)

Author & YearTitleSource
Johnson, L., 2003Dermatophytes – the skin eatersMycologist Vol 17 (4): 147-149.

Trichophyton rubrum (Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Trichophyton rubrum (Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesTrichophyton rubrum (Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism)
GenusTrichophyton (ringworm)
FamilyARTHRODERMATACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderONYGENALES (an order of ascomycetes)
SubclassEUROTIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
ClassEUROTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Trichophyton rubrum (Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
NZDSI Fungal Nail Infections www.dermnetnz.org/fungal/onychomycosis.html

Trichophyton rubrum (Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Trichophyton rubrum (Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism):

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