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Abstract
In the present study, fifty soil samples were collected from various sites (22) from road sides soils, (17) from cultivated soils and (11) from farm soils in El-Sharkia Governorate. The samples were subjected for mycological examination for the presence of keratinophilic fungi and non dermatophytes fungi. By using modified hair-bait technique, 52 keratinophilic fungal isolates were obtained from 50 soil samples. The isolated keratinophilic fungi were identified into M.gypseum (26%), T.mentagrophytes (32%) and chrysosporium spp (46%) out of 50 soil samples. Thirteen isolates of M.gypseum, 16 isolates of T.mentagrophytes and 23 isolates of chrysosporium spp were obtained and subjected for macro and micromorphological examination. All isolates of M. gypseum showed tan granular colonies with irregular fringed border and fluffy white granular in the centre, reverse colour was red brown. Microscopically, the isolates characterized by spindle thick walled and round end macroconidia with 4-6 septa and numerous microconidia. Isolates of T.mentagrophytes were granular creamy colonies and its reverse colour was brownish on SDA. Macroconidia of T.mentagrophytes were elongated thin walled while microconidia clavate to pyriform along the sides of spiral hyphae. The chrysosporium spp. was creamy white velvety to cottony colonies with pale yellow reverse colour. Conidia of chrysosporium species were clavate to ovoid with thick walled.